![]() When in doubt, buff on a little more wax. With a protective wax on it, it’ll last for months if not years without you doing a thing to it. And now that it’s nice and smooth, it’ll snag less and scratch less. Cedar should have the color of a reddish-purple bruise if treated correctly. You may not get all of the deeper scratches (shown above) but those add some character. Step 3: Seal the whole thing in a thin layer of wood wax, and then buff it well. I chose Linseed oil for this project, which isn’t best – but it’s what I had on hand. ![]() Here we can see the real color of the cedar once the dust is removed and the dried wood is given a semblance of moisture again. I started with 400 grit sandpaper and worked up to 1200 grit for a near glassy surface. If you screw up the edges of these letters, you’re just out of luck. Step 1: Sand off all the sanding marks and laser shadows.īe gentle with the lettering – if need be use a tiny sanding sponge. Instead of just leaving it looking like a burned up dried out scratched to hell hunk of wood, I decided to do some basic woodworking on it. Most of you out there may not be able to tell, but this poor wood is being denied some serious TLC. Uh… well, it’s… Okay, when I got my Cedar Box back from them, it looked pretty horrifying. If you’re splurging enough cash to get a set of dice that costs the same as most people’s entire dice collection, then why not go in for a little extra? On to the review! StorageĮach set of Artisan Dice comes in either a stamped steel case (looks like a boot polish tin, but is quite serviceable and nice) or Aromatic Cedar for an additional $20. I find the lack of communication and the tardiness a huge turn-off, so I thought I’d give this info before moving forward. For those of you with sharper minds than me, you’d realize that’s 91 days. That was December 14th, 2016.Īfter a dozen e-mails, a phonecall, and a few Tweets – along with re-sending my address that was misplaced – I finally got the replacement case and d4 March 15th, 2017. Happy to do so, I shot the package out to them express mail. If you send the d4 with it we’ll try to replace it with a matching piece.” After contacting Artisan Dice about these issues, they happily said “If you’d like to send it back to us we can replace it with a different box. ![]()
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