I've had a long standing commission to make something 'gnarly' and I just ran into some coffee burl that looks to be just the thing for an inset vessel. My only problem is that the wood was (correctly) carefully coated in wax when cut.
Normally I turn away the waxy part, but this time I want to leave the natural wood. So how do I get rid of the wax? I've given it a 'match' test and it melts fairly readily so my ideas is heat the oven up to xxx (400?) degrees and pop the partially turned wood in there for about 15 minutes - long enough to melt the wax but not so long that the heat affects the wood.
Does anyone have a better, or more precise way of doing this?
Normally I turn away the waxy part, but this time I want to leave the natural wood. So how do I get rid of the wax? I've given it a 'match' test and it melts fairly readily so my ideas is heat the oven up to xxx (400?) degrees and pop the partially turned wood in there for about 15 minutes - long enough to melt the wax but not so long that the heat affects the wood.
Does anyone have a better, or more precise way of doing this?
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