Post #127095 by FreakBear on Tue, Nov 23, 2004 2:36 PM

In addition to the work in progress I've started a brand new carving (softer wood than previous piece) and am using the product on it as well. This stuff is called Howard Feed n' Wax. I will document my progress here as it develops.

I started this new piece yesterday, brushing on the feed n' wax in between sessions. When carving out some detail around one eye, a good size chip crumbled loose. This could be due to chisel dullness or possibly oversaturated wood. (This happened with a similar cut on a previous tiki also, so it could just be a problem with cutting angle, too much force, etc.). Stopped carving and coated the piece for the evening.

On inspecting this afternoon there was some very light cracking on one side of the freshly cut area. No problems with crumbling. Stopped work and carefully applied an even coat, covered with a piece of cloth. I will monitor the cracks for widening.


This log started out with some light checking which may be to blame for the cracks I saw today. Time will tell!
-FB

[ Edited by: FREAKBEAR on 2004-11-23 16:32 ]

[ Edited by: FreakBear on 2004-12-03 15:25 ]