[Woodcarver] Finishing Red Cedar

[George Farrell]

Hi Steve
   I'm in North Carolina.  We here have red cedar and white cedar.  The 
red
is hard and brittle but carves very cleanly -- no fuzzies.  The white 
is soft
and is best used for prototyping.  Both have odor but the red is VERY 
pronounced.
The red is the one that I was asking about.  THANKS a lot.  I'll give 
it a
try.


> As I am in the heart of red cedar country, About 75 % of the things I 

> make are from red cedar.  Like you, I wanted to keep the beautiful 

> aroma of the cedar and protect all the colors.  The only thing I have 

> found is a spray satin polyurethane made by Minwax.  I have used this 

> on all of my cedar, both red and yellow.  Hang your ornaments and just 

> give it a very light spray.  Wait about 2 hours and give it one more 

> very light coat.  Then hang to air out. My jewelry boxes take a few 

> weeks to a month or so to air out but after you can still detect a 

> cedar odor.  Hope this helps.....

>  

> Best Regards,

>  

> Steve

>  

> Steve Lankerd Sr

> Metlakatla, Alaska

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George
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