Painted the parts I wanted on the pyrographed peacock box, then attempted coating in beeswax and walnut oil to use all natural products. . Gad, what a mess. First the wax is hot once you melt it. Then it thickens up fast. I think I perhaps needed more walnut oil in the mix, as I don't think there was a lot of saturation in the wood...I used about 3:1 wax/oil. I have the box sitting in the sun now -- thought is that the beeswax globby parts will gently melt a bit, and I can smooth it out. It does have a finish on it, but quite a "waxy" tacky finish, and don't really want to put it on a indoor surface.
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