Too Much Carving - "Bearly" Anytime To Paint!

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Seckar.... Not to be a smart *** but to answer your question....... "Time!" My only real experience with commercial antiquing products was my one and only try using DeccoArt Antiquing Medium and I wasn't happy at all with the results. Ever since I just carve them and paint them!...

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T.M.I for my brain. I'm more of a K.I.S.S... man myself! But in the long run it's what ever floats your cork!

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Exactly DiLeon! ,,,,, Be like a Boy Scout. Always be prepared for the worse but hope for the best. Right now the stores are emptying of water and non-perishables. It's a mad-house. My wife and I bought all our hurricane supplies back in June including water, batteries and food. **** if we want to be...

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Same conditions apply here in Florida. Every year the weathermen and government officials get everyone all worked up. 20-years ago in 1993 we had Hurricane Andrew which did a lot of damage in Miami and adjacent areas. Then about 5-6 years later we got hit by three storms in a row from different directions...

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Thanks Glenn!...

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Thanks Glen! Great advice!...

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Many years ago when I thought I knew how to carve and sharpen a knife I took on the task of modifying a small "CASE" pen knife thinking that I'd improve on the years of experience of the CASE engineers. One of the stupidest moves I've ever made. I ruined a perfectly good knife and wish that...

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Soggy.... Excuse my ignorance but isn't all the "hub-bub" in the media over the storm hitting that part of Canada going a little overboard. From growing up in New England and through conversations with my French Canadian relatives it was my understanding that you folks are fairly used to severe...

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Nice work! My first carving.....

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Nice Job Scott!

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Yolli...... I'm not an expert in exotic woods and the few pieces of jelutong that I have were a gift from another carver who was thinning out her stock. I have no idea how old the wood was or what conditions it was exposed to as it cured. I found this piece much softer and easier to carve than basswood...

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"Exactly!".... Thanks Rodster!...

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Technically, all four have "Eddy-Smiles Plane" carving. Over the years I've tried to carve strictly flat plane but somehow I always end up taking the planes off and rounding out the edges. The bear you are referring to was the one carved from Jelutong and the color and grain of the wood...

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Burner.... I'm not sure that I understand the question. I haven't applied or really done anything to them yet except wash them in Dawn. Only two have been carved out of the same kind of wood. Two are northern basswood. One is southern basswood. and one is Jelutong. The next step is to paint them with...

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It dawned on me this afternoon that I'm getting way ahead of myself and I'd better spend a couple of days painting instead of carving. Two doctors, one nurse, and some dude in a jacket and tie. Of course they're all bears. What else would they be from Eddy-Smiles!...

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Randy, Very well said! I agree with you 100%....

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It's not quite fall here in central Florida but the temperature has dropped enough to take a mid-day walk during maximum shading from the sun when under the trees over the sidewalks. Yesterday I did about a 3rd of a mile and today almost 1/2 a mile. That seems miniscule compared to what I could do in...

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Great advice and refresher information for all!

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Very nice work Lydia. Will you paint it, stain it, or leave it natural?

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Yes, sir! The good old O'furo tub. The heat from a wood or kerosene burner in the bottom chamber heats water passing over it from the bottom outlet and then the heated water mixes with the cooler water in the tub. We had one in Japan at the Japanese house that we rented when I was over there with my...