Redwood Burl HELP

B . Buxton

B . Buxton

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I've got a piece of redwood burl and don't know what to do with it, and no I not sending it to anyone.:D What do you all do with it, I ran some though my vacuum pump with woodhardener, I sanded it to 600 grit and buffed but its real dull, I applied a coat of danish oil and it is a beautiful piece of wood but sence I've satuated it with woodhardener the oil won't penetrate, I've still got some more left do you think that soaking it in nothing up danish oil would be alright or what, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill
 
Bill,
You may be hard pressed to get a good finish on that piece. There was a thread recently regarding home stabilizing. He used Paraloid B-72 dissolved in toulene (It will dissolve in many other solvents) from Woodfinishingsupplies.com. May want to look up that thread and get in touch to see what his final results were.
Here is a pic of some redwood burl I had dyed black and stabilized by K&G in AZ. came out fantastic.
 
Bill, Redwood burl is certainly beautiful, but it needs to be stabilized for a good handle,It's just too soft otherwise.

All that I have used was commercially stabilized, and it polished up real well.
 
Bill,
Have you tried to buff a good coat of Carnauba wax onto it yet? It seems to bring a good glossy looking finish to wood that is otherwise dull looking. I've used it on a piece of Jarra(sp?) Burl that was giving me the same kinda trouble and it worked pretty good. Good luck with it.


All the best,
Mike U.
 
Thanks guys,

Misque, I did just that, this afternoon trying to figure out a way to bring a good shine to it. I took a piece that I had stabilized and heated a little with a heat gun, rubbed on some good wood floor wax that has carnauba in it and then buffed with green compound, turned out real nice. I do like the way Blinkers turned out from being professionally stabilized, so I might have to send some of this off.

Thanks again

Bill
 
Bill; I did this block in red rit dye, acetone and mini wax. It is alot harder, but not as hard as it would of been in the b72. It is sand with 60 grit and buffed
 
Build up a few microscopic coats of surface finish. That will bring up the sheen but is difficult to match to furnishings because of the added thickness to scales. Three or four coats should help if each is allowed to completely cure before the next is applied.

RL
 
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