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MOCOTE BOWL

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MOCOTE BOWL

Jim King

>The bowl is 10 inches by 4 1/2 inches. The wood is Mocote. Rough turned to about 3/4 inch , boiled for three of four hours and let to dry three days to about 15% in the sun.

The finish is floor use polyurethane , wet sanded on the lathe with 1000 and polished with car buffing compound on the lathe. Wall thickness about 3/16.


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TomW In SouthJersey

>Beautiful color. Is the wood naturally that dark or did it darken with the finishing?

Tom Wright

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Jim King

>Tom: The wood is naturally brown with the black figure. The photo at least on my screen is true to the colors.

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