[Arnold Smith]

Nice job Mark.

Arnold

[Mark N. Akers]

Chipper:
I told you I'd show you a before waxing and a after here they are.

[chipper67]

Mark,

Thanks for posting the after waxing picture. I can really tell the difference from the before waxing. Looks great. I might have to give that a try too.

Chipper67

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

does the wax remove the hair?

[Mark Gargac]

Mark, I had the same problem about 2 yrs. ago. I was holding the piece's being carved in my left hand and developed tendionitous in my right elbow, it was a killer, at it's worse it would even keep me up some nights. I resorted to fastening my carvings down on a vise no matter what it was, goose eggs, walking sticks ect. This elbow pain took a while to clear up...months. But now after given it a good rest by using the vise I am able to hold objects in my hand again to carve with out any pain at all, just got to be careful of over use. I really like your Santa carving your work keeps getting better and better!

[Kenny_S]

Mark, the carving looks great but Santa needs to get a couple hundred cheese burgers for sure.

Did you use plain linseed oil of BLO. I have tried both and just plain lindseed oil never did dry and the BLO took longer to dry than I wanted. Do you find this correct or have I done something wrong?

[Bartster]

kenny,
use the blo if it doesnt dry as quick as you want,hit the carving with a light coat of deft,the deft will dry it pretty quick and you can put wax on the peice if you like.
try it on a small carving to see how it works.

bart

[jax]

Good carving...........and a different version of Santa.

Jax.

[Mark N. Akers]

Kenny:
As Bart said yes I only use BLO,I have never tried regular Linseed oil,and Mark thanks a bunch I have a Jerry-rig I may have to give that a chance,I use it but only on Bark.

[JimmyB]

Nice job Mark. Looks better than the original but don't tell Gary.....