Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Ebonized oak sphere hollow forms
Dick Coers
Playing with the finishes on some bigger oak hollow forms. One on the left is just the vinegar/rusty steel wool treatment, one on the right is the same base, but with red acrylic paint rubbed into the pores. Better pictures should follow when the playing is finished. 
Re: Ebonized oak sphere hollow forms
Brad Vietje
Looking good so far...
Brad Vietje
Newbury, VT
both nice; I like the red
Re: Ebonized oak sphere hollow forms
John Kaner
I like the look. Nice job. Would it work with Balsamic Vinegar? Get a darker shade? Could you use powder tints in the mix?
Have you ever tried ammonia fuming first?
Keith Newton
I was just wondering how doing that might affect the outcome?
Those are some mighty big annual rings on the left one, but you didn't tell the size, so I might be off in my estimate. Nice work.
Re: Have you ever tried ammonia fuming first?
Dick Coers
I really wasn't after a true black color, I'm very happy with the tone that I got.
HUGE growth rings. Those are 8" diameter. Some growth rings are 1/2" or slightly more. This started out as a heritage bowl job, but I just kept turning the stock after I was done with the bowls. Here is a picture of the log section it came from. The customer that dropped it off was the person that hand planted a 6' tall tree 55 years ago. Here's what he dropped off.
Re: Have you ever tried ammonia fuming first?
RCH
I've done ebonizing and fuming quite a bit -- always one or the other, not in combination. I much prefer fuming. Despite all of the instructions to the contrary -- you do not need concentrated ammonia. I use household ammonia bought at the grocery store.
