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Title: Finishing African Blackwood??
Post by: tippit on January 18, 2010, 09:17:00 PM

A bowyer friend gave me a couple pieces of African Blackwood that had some sap wood veins in it. It is pretty amazing to work with...probably the most dense piece of wood I've handled.  I couldn't grind a taper unless I used a 36 grit belt.  Even then the resins of the wood gummed up my belt.  When I finally got it finished, it was like a piece of marble without any pores to fill.

For those who have worked with Blackwood, do you seal/finish it or put nothing on it?  I can't imagine any finish sinking into it.  It seems to have more resins than cocobolo or ebony.  I'll take a picture of the handle tomorrow and post it.  Thanks for any input...tippit

Title: Re: Finishing African Blackwood??
Post by: RGK on January 18, 2010, 09:23:00 PM

Rinse in Acetone and use super glue as the finish. Super glue works on all woods.

Title: Re: Finishing African Blackwood??
Post by: beaver#1 on January 18, 2010, 10:12:00 PM

wax it

Title: Re: Finishing African Blackwood??
Post by: Kevin Evans on January 18, 2010, 11:02:00 PM

After getting all scrathes out I just buff mine.
I really like working with it

Title: Re: Finishing African Blackwood??
Post by: Lin Rhea on January 19, 2010, 05:19:00 AM

One of my favorites. Very stable. I sand as far as I want and buff a little and wax. A pretty piece of Blackwood is hard to beat. Lin