=====I suspect that your finished turning and didn't sand it immediately.
Rather you plunked it back into the soup. I suggest that finishing turning
and sanding be done together and the immediate application of your finish.

To rectify this situation, if the bowl is fairly smooth, I would use a
number of paper shop towel while you rotate the bowl fairly rapidly on the
lathe and try to absorb the LDD as the bulk of it is centripetally forced
out of the wood. The sand it like wet sanding. You'll get a good smooth
finish that way. Use the towels and get the sanding debris off the bowl and
apply your shellac sanding sealer. If the wood is still a bit damp to the
touch, that is ok! Although I have left a bowl overnight on the lathe
before applying the finish, it is not the best idea as drying starts to take
place immediately and that is when outof round and cracking problems can
occur. Good luck!

Leif[/quote]


Hi Leif
Thanks for your quick reply. Have done as you told me, i had left the peice on the lathe over night but here in the uk the temp is about 3 degree and we had a damp mist over night so only a very small amount of drying.
I wet sanded dried with towels and then put on the sander sealer, this left a milky film on top which i gave 2 hrs two dry, light sand to remove film then applied second coat, which again some went in ( i hope ) and rest milky film. I have now brought the piece into the house and will let dry for 24hrs before i remount, cutback and polish. Fingers crossed as this piece has lovely grain and spalting
Mark