I bought a slice of Bird's Eye maple as a plaque to mount a weather
instrument to hang on the wall. The slice has a birds eye maple
pattern on the face but it also has a beautiful bark pattern around
the edge perimeter. (lots of little points).
I would like to keep if fairly natural. Unfortunately I don't have a
scrap to practice with.
I'm thinking of linseed oil, tung oil or danish oil. I'm not
concerned about the face but how would these finishes do on the bark
section?
Any other suggestions?
Any oil will be fine. Thin the Lin or Tung with turpentine or mineral
spirts (as suggested by the manufacturer). Oil won't do much on Maple.
It's pretty hard wood. You might try shellac. You can thin it a lot
with alcohol and put on vert thin coats and build to the luster you
want.
Anything you do, test it on the back forst.
On May 29, 5:30 pm, dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> I bought a slice of Bird's Eye maple as a plaque to mount a weather
> instrument to hang on the wall. The slice has a birds eye maple
> pattern on the face but it also has a beautiful bark pattern around
> the edge perimeter. (lots of little points).
>
> I would like to keep if fairly natural. Unfortunately I don't have a
> scrap to practice with.
>
> I'm thinking of linseed oil, tung oil or danish oil. I'm not
> concerned about the face but how would these finishes do on the bark
> section?
>
> Any other suggestions?
On Wed, 30 May 2007 07:51:38 GMT, Lew Hodgett
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I bought a slice of Bird's Eye maple as a plaque to mount a weather
> > instrument to hang on the wall. The slice has a birds eye maple
> > pattern on the face but it also has a beautiful bark pattern around
> > the edge perimeter. (lots of little points).
> >
> > I would like to keep if fairly natural. Unfortunately I don't have a
> > scrap to practice with.
> >
> > I'm thinking of linseed oil, tung oil or danish oil. I'm not
> > concerned about the face but how would these finishes do on the bark
> > section?
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
>
>
>My experience is that maple just doesn't take oil well, even if you
>cut it to 2/3 with turps.
>
My experience is that curly maple, which should finish similar to
birds eye maple, can look quite nice with a finish of equal parts of
turpentine, oil, and varnish. Some examples can be seen on my web
page: http://webpages.charter.net/ray93402/Woodwork/woodwork.html
>Might want to try dewaxed shellac cut to 1/2 lb.
>
>Will allow you to control the final surface rather well.
>
>After a couple weeks, apply some bees wax cut with turps, (Equal
>parts) then rub out.
>
>Works for me, YMMV.
>
>Lew
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> Any oil will be fine. Thin the Lin or Tung with turpentine or mineral
> spirts (as suggested by the manufacturer). Oil won't do much on Maple.
> It's pretty hard wood. You might try shellac. You can thin it a lot
> with alcohol and put on vert thin coats and build to the luster you
> want.
>
> Anything you do, test it on the back forst.
Is that the back of Jack Forst ???
>
> On May 29, 5:30 pm, dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I bought a slice of Bird's Eye maple as a plaque to mount a weather
>> instrument to hang on the wall. The slice has a birds eye maple
>> pattern on the face but it also has a beautiful bark pattern around
>> the edge perimeter. (lots of little points).
>>
>> I would like to keep if fairly natural. Unfortunately I don't have a
>> scrap to practice with.
>>
>> I'm thinking of linseed oil, tung oil or danish oil. I'm not
>> concerned about the face but how would these finishes do on the bark
>> section?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>
>
dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> I bought a slice of Bird's Eye maple as a plaque to mount a weather
> instrument to hang on the wall. The slice has a birds eye maple
> pattern on the face but it also has a beautiful bark pattern around
> the edge perimeter. (lots of little points).
>
> I would like to keep if fairly natural. Unfortunately I don't have a
> scrap to practice with.
>
> I'm thinking of linseed oil, tung oil or danish oil. I'm not
> concerned about the face but how would these finishes do on the bark
> section?
>
> Any other suggestions?
My experience is that maple just doesn't take oil well, even if you
cut it to 2/3 with turps.
Might want to try dewaxed shellac cut to 1/2 lb.
Will allow you to control the final surface rather well.
After a couple weeks, apply some bees wax cut with turps, (Equal
parts) then rub out.
Works for me, YMMV.
Lew