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Soaking green bowls in soapy water - Bill Mains - 05-15-2021
Read 6 parts water to 1 part soap. Is this by weight or volume? Thaks!
RE: Soaking green bowls in soapy water - MichaelMouse - 05-15-2021
(05-15-2021, 10:51 AM)Bill Mains Wrote: Read 6 parts water to 1 part soap. Is this by weight or volume? Thaks!
Sure will interfere with your finish. Presume you're reading about hand dish detergent, which contains a humectant - Glycerin - to keep Marge's hands soft. An alcohol, so miscible with water, and of higher molecular weight to evaporate slower. Claims to limit checks and cracks.
Cut your piece with the knowledge on why/how wood shrinks given in FPL Wood Handbook or Hoadley, and you can easily do without, and cure the piece faster.
Hand soap, versus detergent, will have similar effect, slowing the curing process and making some finishes problematic.
Many magic methods out there espoused by the famous, most nearly useless.
RE: Soaking green bowls in soapy water - Wildwood - 05-16-2021
Agree with what MM has to say! Although have postings here in archives on which soap & best methods to use. Not sure will have any more success than rough turning and setting aside to reach EMC.
RE: Soaking green bowls in soapy water - AnthonyYak - 05-17-2021
Voodoo..........................................