Skip the Tripoli. Sand to a higher grit and then go to the white diamond and
then wax.

--
Steve Worcester
www.turningwood.com
Better Woodturning through Technology
(And a hell of alotta practice)



"william kossack" wrote in message
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I've done several bowls lately using lighter wood and it has gotten me
to thinking about the beall buffing system

One bowl was from a small piece of hackberry from a tree that died where
I work. I managed to get a couple logs
from the tree. The bowl turned out nice in general with some
interesting worm holes but a big problem was caused by the color of the
Tripoli used in the first step. I noticed that the Tripoli got into the
worm holes and into small pores in the wood. I had a dickens of a time
cleaning it out and even then some of the color remained behind.

Another bowl was from a piece of aspen and I had similar problems with
the color of the Tripoli bar.

There are two solutions as I can see. Either I should apply some other
finish first to fill the voids or find a substitute for the Tripoli that
is a lighter color.