Hi folks,
Been a while. Thought I'd get some thoughts on finish. Currently working on an ash kuksa that's nearly done (only started it in April...), so I'm thinking about what to finish it with. Normally I use regular walnut oil, but since I intend to use this to drink malt from (primarily if not exclusively), I was wondering what everyone prefers to use? I know that Robin Wood uses (well, I'm assuming he still does) beeswax on his quaichs, and the tung oil that Jon Mac uses claims to be impervious to alcohol, but I'm interested to hear what anyone else thinks. After having dealt with surface cracking when it was green and having cut out a large crack, I'm a little paranoid about ruining it with hot liquid, but I also don't want it to happen later either, so that's a risk I'm willing to take...
All thoughts welcome.
Been a while. Thought I'd get some thoughts on finish. Currently working on an ash kuksa that's nearly done (only started it in April...), so I'm thinking about what to finish it with. Normally I use regular walnut oil, but since I intend to use this to drink malt from (primarily if not exclusively), I was wondering what everyone prefers to use? I know that Robin Wood uses (well, I'm assuming he still does) beeswax on his quaichs, and the tung oil that Jon Mac uses claims to be impervious to alcohol, but I'm interested to hear what anyone else thinks. After having dealt with surface cracking when it was green and having cut out a large crack, I'm a little paranoid about ruining it with hot liquid, but I also don't want it to happen later either, so that's a risk I'm willing to take...
All thoughts welcome.