Violin: Cooking Varnish and First Coat

A brief walk through of cooking oil varnish. Also putting on the first coat of varnish on the violin. Ingredient Weight Unit Damar 150grams Calophony (pine resin) 100grams Linseed 213grams Liquid wood ash 250grams Slacked Line Gum Turpentine 125grams Steps 1 Boil Linseed oil for 1.5 hours - darken and thicken. 2 Burn 250 grams of maple and spruce 3 Put ash in coffee filter and filter 250 grams of water through it. 4 Damar & Calaphany in pot. Bring to 100 5 Bring to 170 and add liquid ash