Totally waterproof finish ?

[Anthraquinone]

My wife is a flower arranger and has been looking at some Ikebana designs. Those used a ceramic bowl filled with water and a pin holder for the flowers. I was wondering if it was possible to make a wooden equivalent, not the pin holder. Part of the bowl would obvisously be under water for several days with the top exposed to the air. I had thought of epoxy but that may be too brittle not to crack if the bowl "moves" in its humid enviroment.

I have heard that hard wax finishes like Teatex can be used for wooden goblets and cups but I was wondering if I am expecting too much of this or any other finish.

Has anyone tried this before with any success or has any recomendations

AQ

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Go the whole hog. Line them with GRP.

 

[AndyT]

The guy who demonstrates and sells Le Tonkinois varnish at wood fairs etc has a turned wooden bowl on display finished with the varnish, full of water.
Their website at http://www.letonkinoisvarnish.uk/ also shows this bath, finished the same way.

I've used the varnish myself and it's good stuff.

 

[Beau]

If you encapsulate the bowl in epoxy it makes no difference how humid the environment is. Built a boat with West system resin that lives in the water but the wood is still at 10%

 

[Anthraquinone]

Thanks - I like the idea of yatch vanish I will look further into that

AQ