Post by karenfh on Aug 26, 2007 3:10:46 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, I asked Tony for advice on cleaning some wood bowls that I inherited from my grandmother. They are not amazing, special bowls or anything, just stuff that she used for many years that brought back some memories for me.
However, after sitting in her kitchen for many years without actually being used, and then sitting on a shelf in my kitchen for more years, they were extremely dirty and very tacky. (Kitchen grease and all that yucky stuff!)
I forgot to take 'before' pix, but here are some after pix, and a fun story.
Thanks, Tony, I think this turned out pretty good!
You can see all the wear and scratches, after 50?? years of use.
And the back:
And here's the story....
As you can see, this is a turned, unfinished bowl. I tried to keep the 'patina', but the back threw me a curve. Part is very oily with some stains, the rest is very dry. Mom happened to be here when I was cleaning the bowl. When she saw the oil stains on the underside, she started chuckling. Pretty soon, she was ROTFLHAF. Apparently, Grandma, who grew up in a household with 10 kids during the Depression, was very frugal. She received the bowl as a gift or something, but was worried about the 'flaw' in one side. So every time she used the bowl for company, she held her thumb over the 'flaw' while serving, and made sure the family members passed the bowl in such a way that the flaw would not be so noticable.
I thought Mom was full of it, until I checked again.
Sorry it's blurry, it's hard to take a left-handed photo while attempting to hold a bowl right-handed.
Grandma has bigger hands than I.
What a hoot!
However, after sitting in her kitchen for many years without actually being used, and then sitting on a shelf in my kitchen for more years, they were extremely dirty and very tacky. (Kitchen grease and all that yucky stuff!)
I forgot to take 'before' pix, but here are some after pix, and a fun story.
Thanks, Tony, I think this turned out pretty good!
You can see all the wear and scratches, after 50?? years of use.
And the back:
And here's the story....
As you can see, this is a turned, unfinished bowl. I tried to keep the 'patina', but the back threw me a curve. Part is very oily with some stains, the rest is very dry. Mom happened to be here when I was cleaning the bowl. When she saw the oil stains on the underside, she started chuckling. Pretty soon, she was ROTFLHAF. Apparently, Grandma, who grew up in a household with 10 kids during the Depression, was very frugal. She received the bowl as a gift or something, but was worried about the 'flaw' in one side. So every time she used the bowl for company, she held her thumb over the 'flaw' while serving, and made sure the family members passed the bowl in such a way that the flaw would not be so noticable.
I thought Mom was full of it, until I checked again.
Sorry it's blurry, it's hard to take a left-handed photo while attempting to hold a bowl right-handed.
Grandma has bigger hands than I.
What a hoot!