Posted by Steve | Posted in Carving Tools and Techniques | Posted on 18-04-2010
Tags: bench, design, jeweler, jewelry, making, wax carving techniques
Is there any way to smooth wood without sandpaper?
Are there any methods or techniques for smoothing wood when carving without using sandpaper?
Using certain tools or techniques or something?
Also, what did people do before sandpaper or if they couldn’t get it?
The real reason I ask is because i am scultping in a wax material that carves just like hard wood and you have to sand it to smooth it.. but the material is expensive and I don’t want to waste it because it gets imbedded in the sandpaper.
I’m trying to figure out if there is some way to sand it smooth without wasting the material.
Also.. it fills the sandpaper so quickly you go through a ton of sandpaper too..
i would try a steel rod about 3/16 dia. and use this to burnish the wax…this way you can heat the rod for stubborn areas…
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