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When caring for wood and fine wood products they need moisture. Wood products may crack in the dry climates of your home or business. There are a number of African Art Figurines and mask which are created from wood. To decrease the chance of cracking, some use a quality wood polish.

Polishes that are sprayed on are best used to remove dust from finished wood. The spray on polishes are not good for the fine woods used in carving African American Art or African Art because there is not enough moisture in them to keep the wood from cracking. Often Africans would use shoe polish and this shoe polish would add moisture and sheen to both ebony and mahogany. Use a clean cloth or shoe brush to rub the polish in and buff it with a clean soft cloth.

Ebony wood is a beautiful wood that is normally brown around the outside of the tree and black in the middle as seen above (Ebony Head Log Statue). African American Art and African Art often show a beautiful mixture of black and brown wood there is also a pure black wood that is well known.

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Posted By: Daniel Moss
Friday, November 6th 2009 at 11:56PM
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