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sanding with wax

  1. Jamie Straw

    Sanding spalted wood - does this technique make sense to you?

    I ran across an article about turning an end-grain bowl out of spalted birch. When it comes time to start sanding (at 60 grit), the author sands with a wax that's 2 parts mineral oil, 2 parts vegetable oil (the part that seems odd to me) and 1 part bee's wax. Evidently, using the wax is only...
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