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Elm hollow form - milk paint and Beall buff.
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Lou Jacobs

Elm hollow form - milk paint and Beall buff.

The roughed out hollow form sat in the chuck under plastic wrap for a week while we had house guests and then I went in pursuit of a recently fallen cherry tree that needed immediate attention. By the time I got back to it a layer of mold had developed. The wall was already pretty thin so in a few spots it went all the way through the vessel, hence, instead of a natural finish, I turned to highly buffed milk paint. The finished vessel is 6” diameter by 4 1/2” tall.
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Lou Jacobs
Darryn Achall said:
Great color and with a hint of grain.
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Thanks so much Darryn! I hoped that the grain would show through. Originally the milk paint was quite opaque. I sanded back until the grain started to show. The Beall buff really made the difference.
Norm Marentette said:
Great piece. What finish did you put on the milk paint?
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its just the Beall buff Norm. White diamond then carnauba. The milk paint is a coat of green and then a couple of coats of blue, sanded back.
 
Lou Jacobs
Will Armstrong said:
Just out of interest Lou, did you get any transfer of the milk paint onto your buffing wheels?
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Not at all Will. I let the paint dry overnight and it was pretty hard. Fine dust on me as I sanded, but no paint on the cloth wheels.
Edited to add: I just went out to look at the wheels, and I was wrong. There is a trace of blue on the middle (white diamond) wheel. None on the carnauba wax wheel.
 
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Will Armstrong
That's good to hear the paint is pretty inert when dry. A bit of color on the wheel won't hurt anything. I have never used Beall as a finish, so I must try it. I will stash this new knowledge away in the vault ☺️
 

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