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So, the figured lumber, I think, turned out well. However, it was difficult to work with. Planing would cause tear out quickly, so I scraped and scraped and scraped, until the scraper was to hot to touch and used a different scraper to scrape. My hands and forearms hurt from scraping so much, then I sanded at 120 to ensure the surface was ready to dye and inside the curl. Then I agonized over finishing it, to dye or to just apply a varnish. I decided to dye it with a water based dye, honey amber. It turned out to yellow at first, then I applied brown mahogany dye, and it looked better, then I sanded it back to wheremost of the dye was sanded off, except where the curl was and then dyed it again. Originaly, I was going to use a poly urethane as the to coat, but changed my mind to use shellac and try my hand at a French polish. I found an artisan, like Paul Sellars, on YouTube who showed how to do a French polish, the English polisher. He demystified the processes for me and I gave it a go. I think from now on, unless another application warrants a stronger finish, I will apply a French polish to my projects.
Greg, it’s good to keep busy!!!