I was Dying to play with fire again!

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As sick of CA as I am I just had to try out the flame finish again. Tweaked my method a bit and this go around I'm really happy! On top of the flame finish I also used some wood that I color stabilized myself with Cactus Juice.

First up is a piece of Spalted Pecan that I dyed red and put on an Artist Sketch Pencil.

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Second is a piece of Spalted Norfolk Pine that I dyed Blue. I put it on an Atrax RB.

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Thanks for looking!
 
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Jonathon, what can we say that you haven't heard over and over. WOW.

That pecan artist pen is almost as good a looker as that Atrax. And that pecan is a rare item. I live in the pecan state and have a ton of it in my garage but not that purrty.

The both are superb.

Ray
 
jyreene said:
Okay so revised question. Flame polishing wood?
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Not the wood but CA that's coating the wood. I don't always like the high gloss look on my wooden pens so I'll do a flame finish to make it satin/matte. On these there's no reflection so you get to see all the beauty of the woodgrain and chatoyance.

For this one I used EEE paste on all my sandpaper grits: 400, 600, 800, and 1000. Then I take a butane torch and LIGHTLY run it over the blank while spinning on the lathe. It takes a certain touch to get it right or else you will blister the finish and have to start over. I got lucky and nailed these on the first try.

I'll show ya how I do it when you get to come by the house.
 
Both are great pens Jonathon, I couldn't tell what the last one was but it looked familiar, I have sliced many NIP into slices to get the knots but and as you know the knot area is only about 1% of the tree log, (about 1" for every 10" of log) so I kept them a side for one day to do something with them, the dying seems to work well with the wood and the cross cut/grain helps the effect.

I see both blanks are cross cut, some wood become very fragile when cut in such way, they require some care when handled/worked with but the results are always top notch so, congrats...!

Cheers
George
 
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