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A question from the
audience:
“Can I dip the piece of veneer into water instead of placing it in my
mouth?” “Yes, but do not let it soak, test it out on a spare piece of scrap
veneer first, or use the other alternative of cutting your veneer oversize”
Another question from
the audience:
“Can you use coloured dyed veneers?” “I have, as I said previously, never
had any success with dyed veneers, but do try experimenting with these types
of wood because you may be successful”
There is one wood I
would not recommend you to use, and that is Paduak, this is a red wood and
it bleeds its colour very easily, when it is scorched it just crumbles and
you just end up wasting your time and your materials. As I said earlier, the
best results are obtained with the use of the white woods, sycamore, holly,
horse chestnut and ash to name just a few. But do experiment because it is
all a case of trial and error. It is well worth the effort and the time you
put into getting yourself the desired effect. |
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A further question from
the audience:
“What sort of sand do
you use Alf?” “I use any sort of soft or sharp sand. I think this is
actually sharp sand that I am using for this demonstration. Many people say
that they find sharp sand is the best”
Another
question from the audience:
“A lot of the secret of
it Alf must be the amount of heat you put into the sand?” “It takes roughly
about 20 minutes to heat the sand, you can easily get the sand too hot, so
do a test with a scrap piece of veneer before you commit any of your picture
veneers to the hot sand, one last point though is don’t leave the spoon in
the hot sand while you are scorching otherwise you’ll end up not only
scorching your veneer, but you will burn your little marquetarian’s fingers
into the bargain when you go to pick up the spoon again!” |
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An over heard remark
from Harry Heyford to Derek Batts:
“I do the sand scorching in my shed, I bought a little Calor gas burner and
I use it down there” “What, did you set the shed on fire?” “Well, yes,
but……..” |
