would purpleheart or pink ivory be suitable for making a brush handle? Intuition tells me you'd want a very dense wood (to prevent water absorbtion) and i'm not sure how dense these are...any help
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would purpleheart or pink ivory be suitable for making a brush handle? Intuition tells me you'd want a very dense wood (to prevent water absorbtion) and i'm not sure how dense these are...any help
They are both nice types of wood. I would suggest stabilizing the wood, Minwax makes a good product for this. The stabilized wood will be twice as heavy when it's done and will be water proof.
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Originally Posted by edk442
nice, thanks for the tip. i hadn't thought of stabilising
I use Waterlox marine varnish, havent had any problems.