[Woodcarver] Kerosene

[Ivan Whillock]

Interesting.  The procedure of using kerosene to kill bugs came from a 
Mexican carver.
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Kerosene



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> I was talking with Mike Burton once and he was telling me about a place

> in Mexico where they would carve you anything you wanted out of pine.

> Then if you asked for something a little more detailed, they would carve

> you something out of pine. Then if you were really persistent, they

> would carve you something out of cherry. But before they carved it, they

> would apply kerosene...which made it much easier to carve. I haven't

> tried it myself, but I've thought about it. I carve mainly basswood

> right now, and don't need it.

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