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Home » Bamboo Tools and Techniques » Heat Tempering Tools and Techniques · Slide Show · Photos » · > >> · + » Heating/polishing dry bamboo with a propane torch - Mark Meckes Click on image to view larger image Mark Meckes Registered: October 2000 Location: USA - Texas, Austin Posts: 2,374 See my gallery Top portion has been heated/ Bottom portion unheated This piece of bamboo is Moso - Phyllostachys edulis AKA P. pubescens The purpose is to melt/remove the white film of waxy coating on the surface of the bamboo, and to clean up and bring out the color of the bamboo. The bamboo gets hot to the touch but is not over heated. The method I use is to heat the bamboo lightly with a propane gas torch until the waxy coating melts. When it is at a tacky stage I wipe off the exudate with a rag that I've applied paste wax to. I use a carnuba based paste wax called TreWax though there are other paste waxes that will work. · Date: Wed April 11, 2007 · Views: 8498 · Filesize: 28.5kb, 132.1kb · Use this link to display image at the Bamboo Forums:      Print View

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