[Woodcarver] Burnishing

[85006]

I haven't seen such a product but could you use some type of smooth, 
stainless steel ball, cylinder, or other in a rotary tool to burnish.  If 
you lightly brushed the carving with a oil like tung oil and then burnished 
the area, wouldn't it stay longer?  I bet someone would have a good product 
is they could  produce power burnishers and a liquid that you could brush 
onto the carving that would make the burnishing permanent.

Arnie Webster
Artifice
Site in progress between chips and naps, slivers and dinners


Ivan stated in an earlier email:
Hi Joe,
Your point on burnishing is well taken. I don't do any  burnishing either.
You recall my quoting Eduardo that the carving has to  last "500 years." In
time the compressed fibers will revert to their  original shape, spoiling
that sharp edge you worked so hard to create. The  edges and surfaces that
retain their shape best through the years are those  that are cut with a
sharp tool. The fibers are cut off clean rather than  compressed. Even
smoothly sanded areas lose their sparkle before the tool  cut surfaces do,
because the tool cut surfaces don't have imbedded grit.

Most carvers don't have to worry about these details, but for someone  who
puts their work up "to last 500 years," these "picky" details are 
important.




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