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  1. 30th January 2019, 10:06 PM #1
    artful bodger
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    Default This finish takes time.

    About 20 years of being in the weather.
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  2. 31st January 2019, 01:20 PM #2
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    finally, the look you were after?
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  3. 31st January 2019, 05:19 PM #3
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    Looks like the first coat has raised the nap...

    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

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  4. 31st January 2019, 05:52 PM #4
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    Yeah, in retrospect I probably should have sanded it down to 240 grit instead of 180 grit.
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  5. 31st January 2019, 09:24 PM #5
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    A dramatic change! You'll have to excuse my ignorance, what the hell are they? Looks like a mermaids tail with a piston on top and an eyeball in a very strange place.
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  6. 31st January 2019, 10:34 PM #6
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    They are sculptures.
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  7. 6th March 2019, 08:20 PM #7
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    What timber are they? Held up extremely well, look great.
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  8. 6th March 2019, 08:34 PM #8
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    Foresight and patience. Love em!
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  9. 7th March 2019, 07:58 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baddabing View Post
    What timber are they? Held up extremely well, look great.
    They are made from huon pine.
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