Re: Curly Cherry

"Steve Peterson" wrote in message
> I made a blanket chest for my DIL, using curly maple for the panels.
Sanded
> to 220 and applied tung oil, diluted by half with mineral spirits. The
> figure came to life, and you cannot look at it and see a flat surface,
even
> though it is flat. Maybe the mineral spirits is the secret.

Nope ... the secret is labeling the container "tung oil", on tape, with
marks-a-lot, even if that is not what it contains.

Just ask David J. Marks.

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