scraped and oiled
janderr
>levelled with a stanley #80, smoothed with a card scraper. and one coat of linseed,
Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
scraped and oiled
janderr
>levelled with a stanley #80, smoothed with a card scraper. and one coat of linseed,
SLICK!
Catharine C. Kennedy- Chatham Center, NY
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Beautiful!
Richard A.Gillespie, Jr.
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Re: scraped and oiled
R.J.Whelan
>I've not seen Gatorade used in finishing before - did you use it to raise the grain prior to the BLO? I'll have to give it a try ... rj :-)
what kind of wood is it?
Andrew Frank
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Re: scraped and oiled
janderr
>this is a highly guarded secret kept by ceramic garden gnomes. under certain conditions: planetary line up, 0 kelvin, on april 1st gatorade applied to spf framing lumber turns it into hard maple. i can't believe i exposed it, the gnomes will haunt my dreams for this.
Re: what kind of wood is it?
janderr
>it's curley hard maple. a lucky find at my local hard wood dealer, a pair of book matched 4/4 boards. i keep a good repport with the warhouse guys who let me spend hours labouring through the stacks in response to me fetish.