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    Spalted sweetgum bowl

    Afraid I don't turn bowls much anymore since the hollowing bug bit me. But this piece of sweetgum which I found at the bottom of a brush pile back in '07 was just begging for it. The pics don't show it but the large spalt lines at the back of the bowl are green rather than black. I had read somwhere that spalting has a range of colors from black to green to red but have seen nothing but black till this piece. About 10X3 and finished with home brew DO....Bill...
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    I may not have noticed it right off, but now that you mention it, the spalt shows a nice dark green on my monitor... very nice.
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    Nice. Very well done, Bill.

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    That's a beaut Bill

    Nice shape and beautiful spalting. That's a keeper.
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    Excellent job. Looks like it was worth waiting 3 years for the wood to get that way.

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    I like it...any chance of grabbing some shots with out the magenta light?

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    Nice job!

    I've started experimenting with homebrew DO on bowls, and would be interested in your recipe. I used matte poly, and my bowls lack the shine I see in your pics.
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    Bill, that is a striking piece of wood - very nice! And, you did well with it.

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    Good looking bowl! Beautiful markings! I like the slanted rim - just a little different than the norm!

    It's been my understanding that the various colors you can get in spalted wood depend on which fungi colonize the wood. The colors result from 2 different fungi putting up barriers to guard their food supply - which is the wood!
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    Great looking bowl! Simple and spalted are two characteristics I like a lot!

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    Very nice lines in there.
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    Thanks all...
    Mike: equal parts BLO, mineral spirits and minwax satin poly. For less shine and more penetration reduce the poly and increase the MS...Bill...

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    William, I have turned a lot of Sweetgum both plain and spalted and I can tell you this is a great piece of wood and you defiantly did it justice. Nice Job!
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    nice bowl u got there

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    Beautiful wood and nice form, makes one want to pick it up and rub it.

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