From:
Don Dougan <dondougan@xxxxxxxx>
Date:
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 21:24:52 -0400
Subject:
Soapstone carving
George;
" ... keeping the oil and melted wax from gumming up very rough
textures and broken faced surfaces is timeconsuming and not always
satisfactory. Any advice you could pass on is appreciated."
What I do when I'm working marble in much the same manner is to finish
the polished areas as necessary, and after they are complete, I apply a
sandblast resist to them. For light clean-up I just use a couple of
layers of duct-tape as the resist.
Then I lightly sandblast the rough areas to remove any
toolmarks/discoloration that inadvertently defaced the natural or roughly
tooled areas.
When the resist is removed, some of the gummy adhesive will need to be
carefully removed from the polished areas with more oil/wax. The harsh
edges between the rough and the polished areas may also need some
delicate work with an oil/wax-filled cotton-swab to blend.
Good carving to you --
DON
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