For months I've had a piece of jarrah burr sitting on the shelf in my workshop, looking very enticing, so last night I made a lidded trinket bowl for a friend. However, I far from happy with the finish, because of all the natural 'defects' in the timber. Don't get me wrong, I like natural defects, as anyone who's seen my recent work in spalted holly will know. The trouble that I have with the jarrah is that all of the cracks/resin canals take wax into them, which then shows up as white streaks. I've tried buffing it to see whether or not the wax would melt and run into the cracks more, but this hasn't worked.
Has anybody out there worked jarrah burr, and if so, how do you overcome this problem?
