Experiment - Making Buckeye Black and Blue.....I hope
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These photos show a batch cut from each way I treated the buckeye.
1st photo was with cornmeal. The portion of the slab that was in contact with the cornmeal did not turn blue. Part of the interior did.
2nd photo was with the yoghurt. A lot like with the cornmeal.
The last batch (6 blocks on top) was a thick chunk untreated.
I won't know for sure until I cut up the big untreated chunk,
but it is looking like the buckeye gets better blues if it is left unsliced and left to color up on it's own.
I will post photos when we cut the big chunk.
1st photo was with cornmeal. The portion of the slab that was in contact with the cornmeal did not turn blue. Part of the interior did.
2nd photo was with the yoghurt. A lot like with the cornmeal.
The last batch (6 blocks on top) was a thick chunk untreated.
I won't know for sure until I cut up the big untreated chunk,
but it is looking like the buckeye gets better blues if it is left unsliced and left to color up on it's own.
I will post photos when we cut the big chunk.
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Well.....it is almost a year later so I dug out a big chunk of the Buckeye that I had set aside to let it do it's own thing naturally.
When we pressure washed the outside to remove any pockets of dirt and stuff, the exterior was almost all blonde. Hardly any color.
With the bandsaw I split the chunk in half to see what was inside.
There was a lot of really good blue coloring.
Now I cut it into slabs.
Lots of blonde and blue contrasting colors. I am happy.
Tomorrow I will cut the slabs into blocks and finish up drying the wood. After that they will be off to K&G for stabilizing.
What did I learn from this?
Don't rush things and let things happen the way they are supposed to happen.
I had forgotten all about this piece until a couple knife makers stopped by the other day and asked how the experiment was going.
When we pressure washed the outside to remove any pockets of dirt and stuff, the exterior was almost all blonde. Hardly any color.
With the bandsaw I split the chunk in half to see what was inside.
There was a lot of really good blue coloring.
Now I cut it into slabs.
Lots of blonde and blue contrasting colors. I am happy.
Tomorrow I will cut the slabs into blocks and finish up drying the wood. After that they will be off to K&G for stabilizing.
What did I learn from this?
Don't rush things and let things happen the way they are supposed to happen.
I had forgotten all about this piece until a couple knife makers stopped by the other day and asked how the experiment was going.
