But in all fairness to you the reader I think we should button them up before moving on to the next post.
Sooooo here we go!
As I cracked open my can of wiping varnish it dawned on me that it is easily over 4-5 years old at this point. Did that thought make me hesitate before wiping it onto the sewing boxes, especially one made out of a highly oily exotic wood like Bocote? Noooope!
Ok, not that's not totally true...it went something like this...
Me: "hmmmmm when did I first open this can?
Brain: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
Me: "well the consistency still looks right"
Brain: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
Me: "maybe I should wipe some on a test piece first"
Brain: "wha? did I miss something?"
Me: "If I run a test piece should I let it dry or just verify that it's acting normally (as normally as a wiping varnish might act that is)?"
Brain: "You know what would be good...Cheetos"
Me: "MMM yeah...Cheetos would rock right now!"
Trust me, I'm not making this stuff up.
Anyway I took the plunge and like a complete newb wiped every inch of each box and each divider down with a coat of this suspect finish. Thankfully I didn't get bit and this one could have easily bit me hard. I did have to let it sit for more than 24 hours between each coat however, but there is still some debate on this issue as we have had the wettest and most humid July in recent history here in the desert. I mean seriously people, it got to be like 50% humidity here, and for us, where humidity generally hangs in the teens, it was a HUGE deal. So I'm torn between the drying time being a result of old finish or the overall spike in humidity.
In the end each piece dried beautifully and everything worked out well. Even with the spike in the humidity I didn't have any problems with trays not fitting etc. Which for those of you in the know is a good thing.
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Medium Sewing Box[/caption]
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Large Sewing Box[/caption]
Like I mentioned early on, the boxes got posted to Etsy and in a stroke of pure luck have sold in...so this post...is officially old news!