Originally Posted by
HARRYWALLY
Good question......
Rubber bumpers for your chuck would be the ideal way, but you probably don't have those. Even if you did, I'm not sure you could reverse chuck it to finish the bottom......
wrapping the base with masking tape comes to mind, but we still have the same problem with reverse chucking it to finish the bottom....
I've tried wrapping the badger hair with masking tape, and grabbing onto that, but it just doesn't work.....
If it were me, I'd hand sand all that crackle off and give it 7-8 spray coats of high gloss poly.
If that's not your flavor, sand it down and do a good oil like Tru Oil.
If none of that tickles your fancy, well, you might have to live with it.