Turning a Natural Edged Bowl Endgrain - Page 3

The bowl is ready to be sanded but the spalting determines another difficulty to be overcome.

The surface is rough and will be hard to sand because of tear out.

I coat the inside and outside with paste wax to ease the sanding. I have no idea why this helps but I know that the wax will speed up the first sanding immensely. The wax I am using is a blend of 2 parts mineral oil, to 2 parts vegetable oil to 1 part bee's wax. In this case I will start with 60 grit and proceed all the way to 2000.

The bowl is sanded and ready for the finish.

A good finish demands a good surface.