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273433 Christian Gagneraud <chgans@g...> 2021‑04‑11 Re: Removing oil from wood
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 02:17, John Ruth  wrote:
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> GG's:
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> Acetone is often used to remove the wood oils when gluing Rosewood totes.
This data point implies that Rosewood can survive a wiping with Acetone. YMMV:
I've only used it to prepare the surfaces of a broken tote.

So i've soaked the tote and the knob for a week in a jar of acetone,
and.... Drom Rolls....
It doesn't seem to work, the wood is still sweating oil when exposed
to the sun. :(

Planning to test baking them at low temperature with some pumice, cat
litter, fuller earth, maize flour, ....
Hope this will work.

Chris

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