First, use a wood that will allow the grain to show through, some of the ones I have had success with are tiger maple, buckeye burl, lacewood, briar burl and corncob
Cut and drill your blanks glue in the tubes and face the barrels as usual, mount and turn to size. only sand to about 600 grit Here I am using lace wood
This is the brand of food coloring I use. It is available from sugar craft http://sugarcraft.com/catalog/coloring/liquid.htm
Just a few drops on a paper towel
Apply the food coloring until the blank Is a uniform color
Let it dry for a few minutes then give it a quick coat of B.L.O.
I now do a CA/B.L.O. finish. I apply a few drops of b.l.o. to the paper towl, I apply the ca just below the moistened part of the towel, one pass across the blank and then move the applicator down and smooth out the ca with the section moistened with blo
I do 6 coats of medium ca, let cure a few minutes then a light spray of accelerator..
I then lightly sand starting at 3200 micromesh to 12000 micromesh
A light coat of Mc Guires scratch and swirl remover then buff
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