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Spalted Red Oak Drink Coasters
Furnished content. (from Lumberjocks.com)
Been trying to think outside the box to fill the tables of an upcoming church silent auction. I thought coasters would be easyDidn't realize until I painted the top with Danish oil that it was red oak (I have a lot of spalted maple from a couple trees on the property.) how'd I know it was red oak? It soaked right through! Turns out the project wasn't going to be as quick as I thought. (Red oak has open pores. When crosscut, red oak will easily pass the drink condensation from the bottom of the glass right down to the tabletop like a collection of straws.)Took quite a lot of polyurethane coats to seal the top. Wasn't the look I wanted, but the spalting is really growing on me. I might keep a set thanks for looking.
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posted at: 12:00am on 03-Apr-2022 path: /Woodworking | permalink
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