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Al Portante

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How would you finish this bowl?
Feb 11^th, 2021 at 7:18pm

It's olivewood about 10.5" dia. I filled the large voids and was thinking of a clear epoxy brush to finish it, but now I'm rethinking that. I want to keep the cracks and the grain is outstanding as it plays off the filled voids where the branches used to be.

Now I'm Leaning toward a basic tung/BLO oil finish with an abrasive wax (home made Ack's kinda thing) topper. What would you do here? Thanks all!

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Al Portante Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 113 Orange County, CA California USA Gender: Jet 1840	Re: How would you finish this bowl? Reply #1 - Feb 11^th, 2021 at 7:20pm Before
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Don Stephan WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,659 Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio USA Gender:	Re: How would you finish this bowl? Reply #2 - Feb 11^th, 2021 at 7:58pm How much shine (sheen) do you want? Several applications of a wipe on gloss finish will highlight the cracks. Pure tung oil is thick, and may tend to partially fill the cracks.
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Al Portante Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 113 Orange County, CA California USA Gender: Jet 1840	Re: How would you finish this bowl? Reply #3 - Feb 11^th, 2021 at 9:23pm I use a mixture of BLO/tung/poly in 2:2:1 ratio as my go-to standard. Makes a rich stain finish. Was wondering if this one might lend itself to a higher sheen? And should I use a finish that fills the gaps?
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,939 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: How would you finish this bowl? Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2021 at 10:08pm Olive can usually be buffed to a low sheen with no finish at all. Olive can be difficult to finish since it has natural oils in it that don't always play well with some finishes
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Al Portante Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 113 Orange County, CA California USA Gender: Jet 1840	Re: How would you finish this bowl? Reply #5 - Feb 11^th, 2021 at 10:35pm I made a larger platter in olive with similar features, but not the major voids as seen in this one. Gave it my basic tung/blo/poly with a wax topper and it came out excellent. Unless the soul of the wood speaks to me with its spirit.. ....I'll probably stick with that. Was just looking for some other ideas.
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