Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
BLOODWOOD BOWLS
Jim King
>Four bloodwood bowls of four types of Bloodwood. The largest is 4 1/2 x 14 and is of a sub species of Bloodwood called Rainbow Wood.
The front bowl is 3 x 10 and is pink Bloodwood. The top bowl is called Black Bloodwood because it is dark and the bowl on the left is standard Bloodwood.
Nice!
Ron in Drums PA
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Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
Duane C.Leach
>I have always found it interesting how one sub spieces differs from another. And also the differences in the wood of one tree to that of the next tree of the same spieces.
It's like in the movie Forest Gump, he says," life is like a box of chocolats, You never know what you are gonig to get".
I feel wonder-stricken each time I cut into a log or bowl blank. The anticpation of what lies with in.
Happy turning.
Duane Leach
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ruth in So. Cal
>What I find amazing is that you do it with the tools you have, while most of us can only do 'it' with the expensive tools.
Can you remind me of your finish? I am really looking forward to your distributor opening in Washington state!
r
Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
Jim King
>Ruth: The finish has been a long story. First we rough turn the bowls form very wet wood and then boil them for a few hours which makes them dry to less than 16% in 2 or 3 days in the tropical sun. Then the pieces are turned and sanded up to 1000 grit. The finish is a three part mixture called DD. Two resins and a thinner. We apply 6 or 8 coats and then wet sand on the lathe again with 1000 until all swab marks in the finish are completly gone and then use automotive rubbing compound to get the shine and then wax with car wax. You can see yourself very well in the finish and it is hard as stone which provides good protection for the pieces. The feel of the pieces is actually as smooth as glass. It is so easy you feel like you must be cheating. This is much better than the simple laquer we have been using.
Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
ruth in So. Cal
>Is the DD something you make yourselves, or, is it commercially available?
Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
Jim King
>It is made by a company in Lima, Peru called TEKNO and I assume it is produced under license from some company in the States.
Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
Jim King
>It is made by a company in Lima, Peru called TEKNO and I assume it is produced under license from some company in the States. It costs about $80 for the three parts , one gallon of each. There are no labeling laws here as you have up there so what is in it I dont know.
Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
JL
>They all look good. Maybe I can talk my wife into a visit one day - and arrange shipping back to the States.
Re: BLOODWOOD BOWLS
Jim King
>When all else fails go to Google. This is the web page on the finish we are using. It is polyurathane. It says it is resistant to humidity, solvents and light acids. Very high shine.
http://www.tekno.com.pe/nuestros_productos/fr-nuestros.htm
