Wooddorkers,

Mark sent me a sample of his product as he promised. I have only
had the opportunity to sample it on a scrap piece of curly koa so far,
and I must say, it looks nice. It has a nice thick consistency,
smells good and goes on very smoothly. It popped the grain on the koa
as well as expected. I will give it another coat tomorrow to see how
it looks.

I will need to try it on some real projects to see how it covers,
and what it looks like after it has aged a bit, but so far so good. I
looks like it would work especially nicely for bowls and such. I am a
big fan of the Tried & True finishes, so that will be my point of
comparison.

I know he basically spammed the newsgroup with his product
announcement, but it looks like he has come up with a nice finish.
I'll post again when I have had the chance to experiment some more.


Chuck Vance

On 23 Feb 2004 17:09:44 -0800, (Conan the Librarian)
brought forth from the murky depths:

Wooddorkers,

Mark sent me a sample of his product as he promised. I have only
had the opportunity to sample it on a scrap piece of curly koa so far,
and I must say, it looks nice. It has a nice thick consistency,
smells good and goes on very smoothly. It popped the grain on the koa
as well as expected. I will give it another coat tomorrow to see how
it looks.

What about fingerprints? That has always been my biggest
gripe about beeswax finishes. They never buff well enough
to keep from showing fingerprints and hand smears. That's
why I opted for the T&T Varnish Oil instead of their beez
original finish.

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Larry Jaques wrote in message . ..

What about fingerprints? That has always been my biggest
gripe about beeswax finishes. They never buff well enough
to keep from showing fingerprints and hand smears. That's
why I opted for the T&T Varnish Oil instead of their beez
original finish.

Hmmm ... I've never noticed a problem with fingerprints. I've used
T&T's original on several bowls and other small carvings with no
problems (and these are the sorts of things that beg to be handled).
Heck, I even used the stuff on my workbench.

Are you sure you're following the directions correctly, Lar? :-)


Chuck Vance

Larry Jaques wrote:

On 23 Feb 2004 17:09:44 -0800, (Conan the Librarian)
brought forth from the murky depths:

Wooddorkers,

Mark sent me a sample of his product as he promised. I have only
had the opportunity to sample it on a scrap piece of curly koa so far,
and I must say, it looks nice. It has a nice thick consistency,
smells good and goes on very smoothly. It popped the grain on the koa
as well as expected. I will give it another coat tomorrow to see how
it looks.

What about fingerprints?

snip

Larry, if you'd pay for the pieces you wouldn't have to worry about fingerprints.
;-)

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:32:30 -0500, Nova
brought forth from the murky depths:

Larry Jaques wrote:

On 23 Feb 2004 17:09:44 -0800, (Conan the Librarian)
brought forth from the murky depths:
--beeswaxy product snippage--
What about fingerprints?
snip

Larry, if you'd pay for the pieces you wouldn't have to worry about fingerprints.
;-)

Aw, c'mon, Yack. You're no fun.

This just in: http://www.theonion.com/news.php?i=1&n=1
Doesn't Tawm live in Massatwo****s? What'll he do?


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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:30:29 GMT, Larry Jaques
brought forth from the murky depths:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:32:30 -0500, Nova
brought forth from the murky depths:

Larry Jaques wrote:

On 23 Feb 2004 17:09:44 -0800, (Conan the Librarian)
brought forth from the murky depths:
--beeswaxy product snippage--
What about fingerprints?
snip

Larry, if you'd pay for the pieces you wouldn't have to worry about fingerprints.
;-)

Aw, c'mon, Yack. You're no fun.

This just in: http://www.theonion.com/news.php?i=1&n=1
Doesn't Tawm live in Massatwo****s? What'll he do?

Addendum:
I just realized he lives in Pennsyltuckey, but all those
eastern states look alike to me from here. Sest lavvy.


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