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leaving bark on briar.

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Hey guys.
I have a few blocks of plateaux that have some very deep bark pits. I removed most of the bark and sanded down most of the plateaux. I would like to leave some of the bark in the deep pits for color and a rustic look but wasn't sure if that would eventually fall off and leave an unevenly colored surface. Any advice would be appreciated, Kevin.
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I don't think it's a good idea to leave bark on it. It will stain differently and likely come off as you suspected.
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It won't stay on. It may seem stuck now but over time it will loosen and fall off and then you'll have a bare patch. Unless you put a thick layer of shellac or lacquer over the thing which is a bad idea.
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Thanks for the advice guys. Pictures will be coming as soon its done.
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Use a wire brush on a buffing wheel to remove the loose bark but to leave the bark foundation. Stain it black and use some shellac on it. It will be beautiful.
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LexKY_Pipe wrote:Use a wire brush on a buffing wheel to remove the loose bark but to leave the bark foundation.
Not recommended. Wire brushes will cut little channels between the nodes/hard spots. The bristles keep falling into the same ruts, like water does on land, and follow them. Looks bad.
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Use a hand held wire brush with stiff bristles. Give her hell and then clean off anything you leave behind with a pick, or if you have a thin metal flex rule, you can use the corner of it to get under the bark and pick it off. Then stain it black, hit it with a thin coat of shellac if that's you're thing or just wax like you normally would and if there is any residual wax, a hair dryer works for me.
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Or you could blast it off.

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Sandblasting is by far the best way to clean briar, though I do use a wire brush to get the worst of it off first otherwise the large chunks can clog up my gun. If you don't have access to blaster then careful use of a wirebrush and picks will be fine.
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