woodturning a gold leaf candle stick from pallet wood

This is a piece of pine pallet wood I found at work. It measured 12x4x4 and it was absolute rubbish to turn....having said that I always say "turn it! don't burn it!" So I'm using it to make a candle stick for dumpy candles. The turn goes ok taking into account the wood turns like old cabbage. I give it multiple coats of primer then two coats of black paint and finally sand with 240 grit sand paper. I give the candle stick a coat of gelt (metal leaf glue) and after this is dry I add the gold leaf. This goes ok until I decide to burnish it with the lathe running and find it is a bit too aggressive, highlighting where the gelt is a bit foamy when I applied it.
I hope you enjoy the video and feel free to comment
the music in the video is by my son Jacob
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