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Sphere vessel with spackling paste filler

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Sphere vessel with spackling paste filler

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Sphere vessel with spackling paste filler

Dick Coers

Still playing with the color and contrast fillers on some post oak vessels. So took a page from Clay's book and used spackling paste as a grain filler. It worked great when thinned just a bit with water, and will open up the color pallet with the addition of some acrylic paint to the paste. Surprised to see a couple of speckles show up in the late grain, I guess tiny tear out? 8" diameter, post oak, iron oxide, 2 coats poly, white spackling paste.


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Alan Hollar

Always the downside to any colored filler is that it will highlight the tiniest deficiency in surface. It can be incredibly frustrating, as you can spend what you think is more than enough time and effort, with multiple inspections under bright low angle light, only to find these little spots glaring at you when you thought you were finished.

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Barry Irby

I agree with the frustration, but, if you had a marker of some similar color spackling paste takes color readily.

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Dick Coers

I'm not worried about those specks, they are really minor. The vessel is a bit organic as it warped when drying. It was just a surprise. Not much of an issue though, people just don't buy that shape from me. Even had one long time friend ask me to turn some heritage work for her. Her only limitation was that it couldn't "look like those round shapes with a little hole in it." It's in a nice place on our coffee table now. I like them a lot!

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david delo

What's your surface prep on this piece Dick? I'm currently experimenting with coloring spheres with Tombow and a few other similar pens. With & without sanding sealer, sanding to only 400 and sanding to 2400. Really not a lot of difference in results regardless of surface prep procedure for getting the color to shine up. I might try some acrylic ink to see if there's much of a difference.

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Re: Sphere vessel with spackling paste filler

Dick Coers

I sand off the lathe with random orbit sanders to 220 grit. On this one I used the vinegar/rusted steel wool to color. That raised the grain, so sanded with a 320 grit foam backed cloth. Then one coat of full strength Minwax satin poly, sand with the foam backed 320, then 2nd coat of full strength satin poly. I find the latest version of Minwax poly is pretty thin. I apply it with a rag, just barely a wet surface, not enough to run. I don't wipe that off, just let it rest over night between coats.