any health hazards with ebonizied oak bowls

When you ebonize wood, you are working with the tanins that naturally occur in wood. I doubt it's any more or less harmful than the wood was to begin with.

FYI, the steel wool is a help with wood with fewer tanins like maple, oak will ebonize without it. I'd love to see a pic of the finished product, I've not yet gotten around to ebonizing. I do have a really bad article on it here somewhere.

I'd like to see a picture of ebonized Oak you do without iron, would be amazing !!!!!

Now when this does not work with the aid of iron in wood like Ash, you could try bringing in tannin by steeping it in strong thee, then use the vinegar/iron mix.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

woodturn> FYI, the steel wool is a help with wood with fewer tanins like maple,

I have a dozen or so spalted red oak blanks I harvested and waxed about a 9 mts ago. I notice now that anywhere there is wax on them, it is turning jet black underneath the wax layer.

Are they ebonizing on their own?

cad handturnedbowls.biz

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Nice work on the ebonizing. I'm just going to have to try that sooner or later.

CAD ... I'm no expert (certainly not at this distance!) but it sounds as if the trapped moisture is sporting a very nice fungal growth.

Bill

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