Amboyna Burl Cap

[Steve in VA]

It’s interesting that you all have had such a similar and yet bad experience when it appears the company has over 31,000 sales and a 100% positive experience? Or am I looking at a different company?

I’ve never bought from them so I can’t comment on the company, but I am now wondering if there are ways to manipulate sales and ratings on EBay? Just curious

I’ll stick with my friends here on WB!

 

[Big Ry]

It’s interesting that you all have had such a similar and yet bad experience when it appears the company has over 31,000 sales and a 100% positive experience? Or am I looking at a different company?

I’ve never bought from them so I can’t comment on the company, but I am now wondering if there are ways to manipulate sales and ratings on EBay? Just curious

I’ll stick with my friends here on WB!

I'm sure the vast majority of the customers lack the requisite knowledge to accurately ID a species

 

[Nature Man]

Time to blacklist this seller from a WB perspective! Chuck

 

[Mike1950]

It’s interesting that you all have had such a similar and yet bad experience when it appears the company has over 31,000 sales and a 100% positive experience? Or am I looking at a different company?

I’ve never bought from them so I can’t comment on the company, but I am now wondering if there are ways to manipulate sales and ratings on EBay? Just curious

I’ll stick with my friends here on WB!

He is good at resolving the problem. Ebay is interested in one thing $$$$$$$$. This is not the first time we have talked about this.

 

[Mike1950]

This guy?

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Coolibah

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Time to blacklist this seller from a WB perspective! Chuck

I believe we just did

 

[Alancw]

How’s he have 100% positive feedback?

 

[Mike1950]

How’s he have 100% positive feedback?

He only has to solve his problems. And buyer has to prove his stand. I think this thread is a great example of how hard it would be to prove. Now you could send it off to ID as long as it fit in ebay time parameters and i would bet it does not. Reviews and feedback is useless for most part. Some venues do not allow negative feedback. And again, I remember this discussion 10 years ago. Barnum Bailey had it right......

 

[Big Ry]

If you have pics I’d love to see them. Only thing I ever made with red heart is a hybrid wood epoxy bowl for my brothers graduation

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Today's the day (wife's birthday). I put the finishing touches on the redheart pieces i made her. Clearly the woodcraft redheart is way way better quality than the wood yard redheart. The wood yard is in the board, and it mostly looks brown now. It's only red on the edges next to the purpleheart strips. The woodcraft redheart turned a little more orange after finishing.

 

[Friedrich9]

Today's the day (wife's birthday). I put the finishing touches on the redheart pieces i made her. Clearly the woodcraft redheart is way way better quality than the wood yard redheart. The wood yard is in the board, and it mostly looks brown now. It's only red on the edges next to the purpleheart strips. The woodcraft redheart turned a little more orange after finishing.

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Beautiful pieces, very nice work. Even if the red heart might not be ideal in color, it’s still very nice. Did you put a UV resistant finish on it?

 

[Big Ry]

Beautiful pieces, very nice work. Even if the red heart might not be ideal in color, it’s still very nice. Did you put a UV resistant finish on it?

I did not. The board is meant to be cut on, so it's only got oils and waxes on it. The wine display is more varnish, so it should provide some sealing at least. I soaked both in a bath of 4:1 orange solvent to polymerized tung. I soaked them for only like 10 minutes, while i gently scrubbed them with a buffing pad. Then the board i finished with a couple coats of odies oil and odies wax, hitting with 4000g on the orbital before the final coat. The wine display i finished with a couple coats of a combo of odies, arm-r-seal, watco butcher block oil, and polymerized walnut oil. Once the sheen started to appear, i burnished it with a buffing pad to get to a consistent satin sheen, then coated it in one last coat of straight odies oil. So it looks similar to the board, but it's a bit more durable (and hopefully resistant to wine stains ).

 

[daniscool]

I did not. The board is meant to be cut on, so it's only got oils and waxes on it. The wine display is more varnish, so it should provide some sealing at least. I soaked both in a bath of 4:1 orange solvent to polymerized tung. I soaked them for only like 10 minutes, while i gently scrubbed them with a buffing pad. Then the board i finished with a couple coats of odies oil and odies wax, hitting with 4000g on the orbital before the final coat. The wine display i finished with a couple coats of a combo of odies, arm-r-seal, watco butcher block oil, and polymerized walnut oil. Once the sheen started to appear, i burnished it with a buffing pad to get to a consistent satin sheen, then coated it in one last coat of straight odies oil. So it looks similar to the board, but it's a bit more durable (and hopefully resistant to wine stains ).

That is a surprisingly complicated process. For the board I would have just stuck with mineral oil.

 

[Big Ry]

That is a surprisingly complicated process. For the board I would have just stuck with mineral oil.

My whole life is surprisingly complicated lol. I always play around with different ways to finish wood. It's one of my favorite aspects of woodworking. I despise mineral oil.

 

[daniscool]

My whole life is surprisingly complicated lol. I always play around with different ways to finish wood. It's one of my favorite aspects of woodworking. I despise mineral oil.

Why? What’s so bad about mineral oil? I would also go as far as to say that on the surface everyone’s life is simple as long as you don’t dig deeper.

 

[Friedrich9]

My whole life is surprisingly complicated lol. I always play around with different ways to finish wood. It's one of my favorite aspects of woodworking. I despise mineral oil.

I agree on the mineral oil, while simple it doesn’t do the wood grain justice. Doesn’t highlight the grain well, and I do like a finish that needs reapplied so often. I’ve started using tried and true and have been happy with it. It’s a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax. I used to use pure tung oil mixed with citrus solvent, but I had a batch of projects where it never cured right. I probably lost 60 hours sanding and refinishing so I said never again lol

 

[Big Ry]

Why? What’s so bad about mineral oil? I would also go as far as to say that on the surface everyone’s life is simple as long as you don’t dig deeper.

I primarily despise mineral oil because it doesn't cure. Its just always wet with oil and frequent reapplication is required. But I also dislike how mineral oil makes the wood look terrible. It makes everything super dark, and it often hides figure. You also cannot get the slightest sheen with mineral oil, whereas you can polish polymerized tung oil.

 

[Big Ry]

I agree on the mineral oil, while simple it doesn’t do the wood grain justice. Doesn’t highlight the grain well, and I do like a finish that needs reapplied so often. I’ve started using tried and true and have been happy with it. It’s a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax. I used to use pure tung oil mixed with citrus solvent, but I had a batch of projects where it never cured right. I probably lost 60 hours sanding and refinishing so I said never again lol

I don't know why you had issues with tung curing. It cures slightly faster than linseed oil. I do find that citrus solvent takes a while to flash off. They say to go light on coats and wait 2-3 days in between in order to let the solvent flash off and to allow the tung to cure. I don't put that much thought into it usually. In cases like the pieces I just made for my wife, they are going to sit around for months before they get used. SO that is plenty of time for any residual solvent to flash off and oils to cure. If it were a workhorse board likely to see frequent immediate use, I'd be much more cognizant about the presence of solvents. Uncured oil on its own is harmless, so that part doesn't concern me. The wax keeps it sealed in until it cures.

 

[daniscool]

I primarily despise mineral oil because it doesn't cure. Its just always wet with oil and frequent reapplication is required. But I also dislike how mineral oil makes the wood look terrible. It makes everything super dark, and it often hides figure. You also cannot get the slightest sheen with mineral oil, whereas you can polish polymerized tung oil.

Ah I agree. I would agree if I were making an expensive piece (there I would probably use tung oil or linseed oil) but on a production run I would use mineral oil and make sure I also sell refresh finish to maximise profit. I see where you are coming from now.

 

[Mike1950]

How’s he have 100% positive feedback?

Wife bought a set of antique chairs- came broken- they were garbage. Seller stated that we must of had a party and ruined them because they were perfect when he shipped. Had to find and take to someone to appraise damage. We did this- seller objected to appraiser assessment, so we got another. rinse repeat- in end we ran out of ebays time and our negative feedback was taken off. He still sellls. at the time we had this problem- Comments in reviews were like " I have socks older than this antique table" Buyer beware is your best review......

 

[Big Ry]

Wife bought a set of antique chairs- came broken- they were garbage. Seller stated that we must of had a party and ruined them because they were perfect when he shipped. Had to find and take to someone to appraise damage. We did this- seller objected to appraiser assessment, so we got another. rinse repeat- in end we ran out of ebays time and our negative feedback was taken off. He still sellls. at the time we had this problem- Comments in reviews were like " I have socks older than this antique table" Buyer beware is your best review......

I used to be an avid ebay buyer and seller in the early 00s. It has majorly gone downhill since then. You aren't even allowed to write a negative review anymore as a seller...like its not even an option. I sold an extra Samsung Galaxy S22 I had in 2022 and the buyer was a scammer who never paid...no way to leave negative feedback for him at all. Its wild how ridiculous their policies have gotten. And the fees are astronomical now. You eat about 30-40% the sales price as a seller...all in the fees. They have structured the fees to deter the use of auctions. Now its almost entirely Buy-It-Now listings, which just defeats the purpose of being an auction website.