3-Peat Blue Pine Collaboration Finished

[Doug Herzberg]

Not to beat a dead horse, but in case anyone wondered how the airbrushed glue stained pine bowl came out, here it is. Thanks Steve. Beetle-Stained Pine 8-3/4 x 4", DO, WOP, waxed & buffed. Thanks for looking, again.

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[charlie knighton]

looks good Doug

[David Delo]

Very nice how it ended up.

[robert baccus]

Nicest blue stain pine piece ever. The Rockies are full of bluestain pine now. Green trees are very rare now in the US and Canadian Rockies. Trying to go east now.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

That is some eye candy Doug, never saw a nicer one.

[Steve Doerr]

Doug, that's a great looking bowl. Do you have a secret on sanding? I've got two pieces that I'm working on and the pitch really gums up the sandpaper. I think I've gone thru more paper on these two bowls than on the last 10 that I've done.
Steve

[robert baccus]

Try wet sanding with soapy water.

[Steve Huffman]

Awesome Doug! The colors on the bowl are really something as well as some of the other pieces you had in your home. Not sure I have ever seen a piece with so much of the blue like that. I like how you shot this on the pine stump too, just a nice effect. Very nice work indeed!!

[Doug Herzberg]

Doug, that's a great looking bowl. Do you have a secret on sanding? I've got two pieces that I'm working on and the pitch really gums up the sandpaper. I think I've gone thru more paper on these two bowls than on the last 10 that I've done.
Steve

Except for branch inclusions, I just haven't seen much pitch in the pine I've worked with. Most of the stuff on my land is Ponderosa, but this tree is from Iowa and I have no idea what variety it was. The branches circled the trunk like a spruce or NIP and the blue stain went all the way around, too, as you can see. I do try to minimize sanding with shear cuts to reduce tear out, but I do buy 80 grit in bulk lol.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I have a couple more roughs from this tree. I hope they aren't such a problem.

[daryl moses]

Very nice bowl, love the color.
BTW, sounds like it is an Eastern White Pine per your description of the tree. Not many on my property but do have a few. Have plenty of yellow pine and loblolly though.

[Eric Gourieux]

That's a great bowl with great color. Was it just the black stripe that was airbrushed to cover up the stain?

[Doug Herzberg]

That's a great bowl with great color. Was it just the black stripe that was airbrushed to cover up the stain?

Eric, Steve lengthened one black stripe that occurred naturally about 2-3" to cover the glue stain. All the other colors are natural.

[john taliaferro]

That goes on the mantel

[Doug Herzberg]

That goes on the mantel

I'm pretty sure I'm giving it away. SWMBO says no more in the house, but I have requests from family and friends. Thanks, though.