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Padauk is a particularly beautiful timber, not easy to work because it is fairly coarse textured but its colour is outstanding (sometimes called Vermilion because of its colour). This piece had a large area of sap down one edge that is a grayish white in colour and I tried to feature it. The bowl is about 8.5" (215mm) square (max size over my bed bars and a little under 1.75" (40mm) thick. Left it in the Square to maximise the use of the timber, turned using a HSS 1/2" bowl gouge and finished through the grades to finish with 400 grit paper. the bowl was finally finished with 2 coats cellulose sander sealer and 2 coats melamine lacquer denibbed between coats.