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White ash, how heavy?

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fishfinder401:

--- Quote from: nidrinr on March 26, 2011, 07:36:41 pm ---No danger in heat treating the belly. If you have access to a heat gun, that's the easiest way to heat treat, but allmost any source of dry heat will do. Cooking plates work perfect.
Keep the heat at a distance where it takes about 2 minutes to turn ash into a light brown colour. Repeat with the next area etc. until every inch of the belly has the same colour.

Try to oil it first, then add some wax later when the oil is dry. Different types of wax that are meant for waterproofing leather work fine. I use "haglöfs" or liberon finishing wax. Liberon also has this oil that work very good for wood.

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i think i might just leave it without heat treating as the only way i would be able t heat it is a direct flame, either alcohol burner or propane torch and i think those might be too hard to control, if i had a heat gun i would try it though and ill check out those waxes
thanks
noel

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