Brazilian Pepper Tree HF

Thanks Doug, First I cleaned out the cracks and widened the hairline cracks with a pointy dremel tip. The cracks that went all the way through were taped from behind and/or plugged with shreds of leather. I used 2-part 5 min epoxy for the resin mixed in small batches with the mica powder. With an area facing up, slather on the resin working it into the cracks and tried to leave the resin proud of the surface, rotate the piece a bit and repeat. It probably took about 10 batches. It was almost all blue and covered in resin after that. Put it back on the lathe and turned away the resin down to the wood surface, then went back over it to fill voids with more resin. It was a lot of work, Im hoping I can streamline the process in the future. One could submerge the entire blank in a form and use casting resin, then turn away the excess, but that would take a lot of resin, and I think a pressure pot is used for that method, which I dont have...
Barry, first and foremost, a stunning piece. I also love turquoise as filler but I think you nailed this one given the amount of fill even though each were mostly small and thin. As Tom said, not worth the effort of trying to build a mold, the amount of resin, etc. Choices as always. You chose wisely I think someone said…….. Thanks for sharing.
 
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