Hi Wreckers,
First time post. Can anyone suggest the best finish for a jewellery box
made of Australian Cedar. This is a reclaimed wood project from an old
house and is a nicely patterned grain timber. I do not want to cover
the grain nor to change the colour of the wood too much by oiling or
waxing (tried a test piece and the wood yellowed badly).
Hope someone can help,
TIA
Rob
how about just hand burnishing the wood with a piece of leather and leave it
eau naturalle.Time will give it a nice patina
"Ribbidy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Wreckers,
> First time post. Can anyone suggest the best finish for a jewellery box
> made of Australian Cedar. This is a reclaimed wood project from an old
> house and is a nicely patterned grain timber. I do not want to cover
> the grain nor to change the colour of the wood too much by oiling or
> waxing (tried a test piece and the wood yellowed badly).
> Hope someone can help,
> TIA
> Rob
>
Dan Parrell wrote:
> how about just hand burnishing the wood with a piece of leather and leave it
> eau naturalle.Time will give it a nice patina
> "Ribbidy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Hi Wreckers,
>>First time post. Can anyone suggest the best finish for a jewellery box
>>made of Australian Cedar. This is a reclaimed wood project from an old
>>house and is a nicely patterned grain timber. I do not want to cover
>>the grain nor to change the colour of the wood too much by oiling or
>>waxing (tried a test piece and the wood yellowed badly).
>>Hope someone can help,
>>TIA
>>Rob
>>
>
>
>
Dan,
Thanks for your reply, I hadn't heard of buffing bare wood with leather
before. I have some saddlemakers leather so will give it a try.
Thanks once again.
Rob
[email protected] (Greg) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I got a bunch of 2x12 western red cedar and made some light valances out of
> it. I was shocked at how pretty it was with sanding and some poly.
I used tung oil on Cedar that I trimed out in my family room. After the
first coat dried, I went over it with steel wool and then gave it another
coat of tung oil. It really makes the grain stand out - amazing what cedar
looks like when the roughness is planed out...
James Hendrix
Actually, I have a drill press. Unfortuantely, it does me no good when I'm
trying to drill holes in the end of a board for example, as the drill press
can't take vertical pieces. The exact application I needed the jigs for
recently was for knock-down connectors. A Jig is much more accurate than a
drill press, can go where the drill press can't and doesn't involve me
trying to somehow support 6'x2' boards on a tiny little platform. Otherwise,
I use the press when I can. For example, the press is really useful in
making the jigs... :-)
John
"Ribbidy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dan Parrell wrote:
> > how about just hand burnishing the wood with a piece of leather and
leave it
> > eau naturalle.Time will give it a nice patina
> > "Ribbidy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>Hi Wreckers,
> >>First time post. Can anyone suggest the best finish for a jewellery box
> >>made of Australian Cedar. This is a reclaimed wood project from an old
> >>house and is a nicely patterned grain timber. I do not want to cover
> >>the grain nor to change the colour of the wood too much by oiling or
> >>waxing (tried a test piece and the wood yellowed badly).
> >>Hope someone can help,
> >>TIA
> >>Rob
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> Dan,
>
> Thanks for your reply, I hadn't heard of buffing bare wood with leather
> before. I have some saddlemakers leather so will give it a try.
> Thanks once again.
>
> Rob
>