Thanks Ed. I've often thought obechi is better than balsa for sheeting,
but I've never actually tried it. If I ever do, I'll know what to do now.
-Ben
Ed Berris wrote:
Ed, Ben and the three others out there that still work with obeechi.
My last post seems to be in contradiction with what others think.
So, I called my all knowing friend in California, Harris Nelson. He's
probably used more Obeechi than most anyone else in the hobby other than
maybe Ed Whyte.
Harris confirmed what Ed Skorepa told me. The raised grain side goes face
out. The indented side is the glue side.
Why you ask? Because it is easy to sand down the raised grain but
impossible to sand down the indented side.
If you are using water based finish, and I am, it would take much more
finish to produce a glass smooth surface because you would have build up
successive coats just to fill the indented grain.
So much for my memory. In fairness to Barry Kennedy he did tell me to
lightly sand both sides and then select the side that looked the best.
So there you have it. Everything I remembered was wrong but thanks to
friends and the soaring exchange I got the emmece from the obeechi maven.
Ed
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