Kevin M
Member
I turned an Osage Orange pen on the end grain and applied a BLO/CA finish. After 3 days in my case I found a crack all the way around the lower barrel. Today I disassembled the pen and it also had cracked around the upper barrel. I thought the CA only had cracked but after removing the finish I found the wood was also cracked just like cteaglesc had surmised. After sanding, reappling BLO/CA and a little polishing it looks as good as new, just more distinction. The sanding had deposited some Ebony in the cracks and when finished they showed up nicely. I still am at a loss for the the cracking, possibly from streses caused from end grain turning or absorbing some of the blo which was trapped under the ca?