Big Blue

Very cool, Ron. I love how the blue color enhance the grain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cheers, JIm

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Jim the grain looks almost like marble. It was a fun piece to turn. Trying to get it done for gallery event coming up on the 5th of Dec

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Really like the colors. Do you bleach before the dye. What dye did you use and what finish over the dye. Hope I am not being to forward with my questions. As usual this is another beautiful art piece.

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Wow Ron that looks great…the blue has really made the grain stand out more or as you say looks like marble…
Awesome.

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Poospleasures no ask and I will try to answer. I do bleach my Box Elder. It bleaches well and you can get it to almost white. I use the zinsseer two part bleach and I get it from our local Woodcraft store. The dye is Transtint and it is applied straight out of the bottle. Yes I know that is hard to believe but then I let it dry and sand it back to what I want. It will also shop me any sanding marks that need to be sanded out I then decide do I want the same color or do I want another color. In this case I used some yellow The finish is lacquer, rattle can. It is MinWax and that is what i always use. I spray it on prior to taking the piece off the lathe. I apply it pretty heavy and turn the lathe on to about 100 RPM. Have never had a sag doing this. Hope this helps.

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Nice colors, luv the grains. Nice job!!!

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Ron, That is “FREAKIN AWESOME”. Fabulous colours and finish. You make me so jealous.

Thank you for sharing.

Bob.

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That sure is nice Ron, like the colours and the way you have combined them. Thanks for sharing the notes on how you did it, one day it might get used down under. On the bleaching do you fully immerse the root and how long would it soak?

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Ron,

You have produced a very stunning effect with your work.

Looks like a very interesting piece for the gallery.

-- Regards Rob

Wonderful piece Ron. I love dyed burls, the colors really bring out the grain.

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the blue is eye-grabbing!

Fantastic!

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Bob Collins. The bleaching is done with a spray bottle. Spray on part a and let it run off. As it is almost dry I will then spray on part b Try it, I have had fun with bleach. Hope you can buy it down under

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very artistic – inspiring many im sure with this one, me included

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