I just finished these three up. If I remember correctly, at least two and maybe all three of these came from @Eric Rorabaugh sometime ago. We have a spalted maple, walnut, and ambrosia maple.
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Triple header - all winners! What type of finish did you use? Chuck
Very nice, especially the second one. Let’s see some side views!
Very, very nice! Great work
Nice! Love the grain in the first two!
Wonderful ambrosia maple and spalting. Superb bowls.
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I see some imperfections in those bowls. Send them back and I'll replace the blanks for you 
Such shoddy sanding work. 
. I would be ashamed….of what mine looks like compared to your work.
Do tell your sanding and prep for finish. Please.
. I would be ashamed….of what mine looks like compared to your work.Do tell your sanding and prep for finish. Please.
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Such shoddy sanding work.
Do tell your sanding and prep for finish. Please.
My process is pretty basic. I do my sanding on the lathe with it running at a very low speed, and I use an angle sander with 3 inch discs. The sander and the disks that I use are from Woodturn Wonders. Harbor freight has the same kind of sander for a lot less, and it works just as well. I have one of theirs as well. The discs that I use are the “green wave” discs. I did try some similar discs off Amazon, but they weren’t near the same quality.
My finish is Minwax wipe-on poly, warm gloss. I use that on everything that I turn.