Hi guys and gals,
I've had a piece of driftwood lying around the house for about five years now, bored, today I started to work it into a traditional welsh love spoon. Lacking any of the correct tools, I've hacked at it for hours with my trusty Stanley knife - only slicing myself open once!
The wood is horrible stuff to work with. Ranging from a flakey cork-like wood in places - that just falls off in chunks. To a tough solid wood in other spots that is nearly impossible to cut with a hacksaw.
I'm nowhere near finished, but I started asking my carpenter friends for advice on the finish. One suggested intensive sanding followed by a liberal application of teak oil, the other a bloody good polishing with a polishing drill-bit. They both then admitted that they've never worked with driftwood.
Has anybody got any experience on the best way to finish this?
Thanks in advance
Owen
I've had a piece of driftwood lying around the house for about five years now, bored, today I started to work it into a traditional welsh love spoon. Lacking any of the correct tools, I've hacked at it for hours with my trusty Stanley knife - only slicing myself open once!
The wood is horrible stuff to work with. Ranging from a flakey cork-like wood in places - that just falls off in chunks. To a tough solid wood in other spots that is nearly impossible to cut with a hacksaw.
I'm nowhere near finished, but I started asking my carpenter friends for advice on the finish. One suggested intensive sanding followed by a liberal application of teak oil, the other a bloody good polishing with a polishing drill-bit. They both then admitted that they've never worked with driftwood.
Has anybody got any experience on the best way to finish this?
Thanks in advance
Owen