wm460
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What Finish would you recommend for a bowl that has a lot of holes/cracks/imperfections?
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I would use an oil finish just don't put it on to heavy especially in the rough areas. Keep doing this until it no longer soaks in, allow each coat to dry before applying the next and wipe off any excess that is on the piece after 10 minutes this allows it to soak in and prevents heavy build up.
What finish would you like to use? You could apply any number of finishes with the correct procedure. A stiff brush should easily apply, Oil, Lacquer or even Wax to the rough areas with some care. The biggest problem is likely to be getting too much of whatever you choose on the rough bits.
Next time choose a better bit of wood!
Next time choose a better bit of wood!
Penpal
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From the pic hard to tell. Spray poly thinly and a few coats. Then Black Bison polish.
Peter.
Peter.
DaveP
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I would recommend.... a metal powder (whatever takes your fancy, brass / aluminum mixed with epoxy or resin and run into the imperfections) then after sanding the worlds your oyster, but I'd just go for shellac, cos I'm feeling lazy
Or maybe forget the metal powder and just use resin .... maybe
Or maybe forget the metal powder and just use resin .... maybe
I like Derek would use an oil finish.
Gadget-UK
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What DaveP said.
Make a feature out of it with resin
Make a feature out of it with resin
I'd be using oil if it were mine too.
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An answer I got from the Aussie site. "The size of that hole, 3 sand and 1 cement."
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What type of oil do you recommend Derek?
Normally I would use wax after finishing a previous bowl with wax a couple day earlier, no way.
Next time choose a better bit of wood!
I manage to steal 1/2 dozen pieces of firewood from a freezing cold pensioner down south last time I was there.
I had to be quick to avoid his savage dogs.
What type?
Hopefully available in Aust.
I dont want to fill it with resin, leave it as it is as a feature.
What type?
Hopefully available in Aust.
I'm not sure that danish oil would be best on that piece anyway. (Sorry Derek) It needs buffing to get the best results, and unless you get into every crack, fissure and pore with a brush, you just end up with a build up of yellow, manky horribleness.
Tung oil is a bit better - dilute the first couple of coats 50/50 with white spirit. You still need to be quite diligent about removing the excess from the spaces though.
For me, I would nearly always go for the highly under-rated and almost totally ignored supermarket vegetable oil on a piece like that. Brush it on and leave it for 5 minutes, then wipe it off. Leave it overnight and repeat several times. It will build up a nice sheen and either adsorbs or runs out of the cracks and pores. Nut oils will do the same job but you'll pay more for them, but don't be tempted to use sunflower or olive oil, as both will go rancid.
And if you can't get it in Aus, you need to move.
Danish is one of my least favourite oils, as said it can end up as a horrible sticky mess if you’re not careful. Easy enough to clean off a flat smooth surface but on the rough voids in that bowl? I wouldn’t risk it. True Oil or something similar may be a better bet.