Greetings,
It has been some time since my last post. Too much else going on. Had to rearrange everything in the garage after buying myself a new Miata for my 70th birthday. Anyway, it’s good to be back to Sawmill Creek and doing some turning again.
A recent minor remodel resulted in several well seasoned redwood 6x6 posts from which I’ve cut blanks. I’ve been experimenting with what I am calling “short and fat pots”. Just for fun and decoration.
Now I am trying to figure out how to best finish them. My searches in the wood turners forum resulted in some good info but I still have questions. One post mentioned the problems with using BLO but not what they might be.
On a couple of turnings I’ve applied a couple of coats of a mix of BLO and MS, about 20% MS. The “pots” soaked up the mix and the result was pleasing. It also seemed to cure quickly in the sun. My next step is to try bee’s wax on one and Johnson’s furniture wax on the other.
Any comments, suggestions, cautions, links to methods, etc?