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This box I posted a while back is now done with 12 coats of wipe on poly but I don't wipe it off to get a build of finish. Each coat will have some dust or dog hair no matter how clean I prep it so sanding each coat is required with #400. the final sweet coat I used Griots automotive polish # 1 and then #3 polish to a gleam to turn any Ferrari red with envy! I love this finish but it takes forever and a day! Next box I plan to use pre cat lacquer, 3 coats and polish in 1 hour. This took a full week of evenings but I just had to try it and it is the bomb for durability! This box is for my dear sweet Mom who has helped me in so many ways this past few years so it had to be the best and over the top to show my love and appreciation. I also made my first bandsaw box for my client at the straw bale house. She has helped me to understand the love of raw wood features and to let the wood speak so finding art in the firewood pile it's hard now to put wood in the stove! The last pic shows another box that after building then making the spline joints then cutting the coves the wood moved a bit. at least the miters opened up on the inside of the box from the wood relieving stress. I will have to make minute wedges to fill the gaps from Ipe. Thanks for looking and a Merry Christmas to all!!

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Very nice finish on that box. About the glossiest wood item I've ever seen!
 

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I became obsessed with buffing, Griots car products are the finest out there and this is another way to take poly to the 9s. Thanks!
 

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Wow, a lot of love and attention went into that…......Fantastic job, strikingly beautiful…........
 

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Beautiful box, fabulous finish. Another project for my favorites.
 

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Beautiful box, outrageous finish.

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What i really like about this project is obviously the level of finish you took it to but the chunky splines in the base are awesome.
 

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Beautiful box well done.
 

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Very nice! I love the curves and beautiful finish.
 

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One of the nicest boxes I've ever seen! The sculpted splines and the super finish were well worth the time and effort. The gaps in the second box might be easily filled with some CA glue and sanding before it cures to imbed some sawdust into it. I have done this with splits and cracks and it makes them invisable.
 

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ipe is supposed to be next to imposable to put a finish on yet you were able to make it look very good. i want to know how this holds up. I was told that you cant use ipe for fine furniture work because you cant finish it. yet here is your box top looking most wonderful/ I want to know the secret and I want to know if it lasts or if it flakes off
 

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I have a horse owner client with the most beautifully finished Ipe chairs I've ever seen and the finish shows no signs of deterioration and I see them every time I go there. Don't know what the finish is but it looks like rubbed out lacquer or poly.
 

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Superior finish! I must say you nailed it, beautiful design too. Great job. Merry Christmas.
 

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That is the shiniest damn finish I've ever seen. I may have to try it.
 

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That's one impressive finish, like glass.
 

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Thanks all, I wipe the wood with acetone about an hour before wet sanding Dalys Teak oil for the first coat. I think this will penetrate & seal the wood for the poly. The wood is moving tho even after a month so the finish may crack later, I am curious to see how it holds up too!
 

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Mom will be so happy !
regarding the open miters , I was going to suggest the same procedure for filling them as gfadvm did , or make a paste out of the same woods' sawdust and regular wood glue , force it into the openings , let dry and sand….worked for me on several occasions : )
 

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That's really something else. I know what you mean about that finish taking forever, but it was definitely worth it in this case.
 

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Sweet! Your patience making the boxes really shines atop your talent and skills. Wish you a late Merry Christmas and a sawdust filled new year.
 

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well like i SAID VERY COOL I DO HOPE IT lasts I have this voice in my head that keeps saying you can sand ipe to 4000 but the finish wont stick I really want to know what you used and is the finish suitable for out of doors if it is please give me the mfg make and model of the finish. I have an order for some Adirondack chairs and foot stools that they want made out of ipe and the guys wife wants them shinny her words
 
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