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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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By the way, you have quite a way of finishing your work, polishing the high points while leaving the rest black. I assume it's a fine wire wheel or buffer?
After I coat whatever it is I'm working on I use a 1200 grit sanding pad and hit the spots i want.
What do you usually use to coat your work? I was using beeswax, linseed oil and turpentine, but not I often use vegetable old. Im always looking for something better though...
Oh, that's a good idea. I usually use either a mix of beeswax, woodworking paste wax, and carnauba wax; or quench it in veggie oil. I actually think plain beeswax is a good finish, the other waxes are just because I didn't have enough beeswax ha ha!
Oh, something I tried seems to work well for small projects, is a mix of linseed oil, veggie oil, and some paste wax/ beeswax melted in. When it cools, it'll be like thick oil, or slightly gelatinous depending on the temp. Just clean all the scale off and quench in it from red, it works nicely
Also I don't know what that stuff is made of so be careful with the smoke