Finishing amboyna burl

[JeremyLP]

Hi all,

Just throwing this out there to see if anyone else has had this issue. I have made several pens using amboyna burl, and only a few of them have done this, and this is the only wood that has. I have also noticed that some of the blanks that I have seen have it as well... it seems like a white filmish stuff is seeping from the wood. Even after several coats of CA is applied, a few days later it has the film on it. It wipes off, but again.. a little while later there it is again, but only on the amboyna, and not every one.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? I was thinking of wiping down the blank with my shellac thinner (denatured alcohol) and letting it evaporate before applying the CA.

Any thoughts?

 

[robutacion]

Hi all,

Just throwing this out there to see if anyone else has had this issue. I have made several pens using amboyna burl, and only a few of them have done this, and this is the only wood that has. I have also noticed that some of the blanks that I have seen have it as well... it seems like a white filmish stuff is seeping from the wood. Even after several coats of CA is applied, a few days later it has the film on it. It wipes off, but again.. a little while later there it is again, but only on the amboyna, and not every one.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? I was thinking of wiping down the blank with my shellac thinner (denatured alcohol) and letting it evaporate before applying the CA.

Any thoughts?

Yes, the wood is oily and that lot you have is not yet dried properly.

The "bleeding that you are seeing is the wood expelling the extra oils due to excess moisture, that is quite normal when the burls are cut fresh and the blanks are sold immediately. Even if the burl is fairly dry, slicing it up will result in exposing the inner surfaces that always maintain higher concentrations of moisture, disrupting the wood by slicing it, will cause that bleeding until the wood/burl "stabilizes/equalizes" to your atmospheric conditions and depending on what you are and time of the year, that can sometines take a few months...!

Hope this helps...!:wink::biggrin:

PS: This is not only applicable to burls, it is applicable to any wood species...!
Cheers
George