"Mark Whittingham" wrote:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish
> will
> be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
===========================
You do so at your peril.
If I were to write on your table, I'd leave marks in it without a
table protector.
Lew
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 10:49:05 -0800 (PST), Mark Whittingham
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
>be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
>denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
>Thank you.
>
>JP
I don't know of any practical wood finish that can withstand a
ball-point pen. If it is a writing table you are building consider a
leather covering for writing.
On Jan 9, 1:49=A0pm, Mark Whittingham <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. =A0The finish will
> be Duravar. =A0Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>
> JP
I have finished cherry in ways that would withstand writing on it. 3
piss coats of Autocryl clear and two or three full strength. Pricey
but effective without that epoxy/plastic look. Hard enough for most
normal use, including writing.
Consider the ball point pen. It is very small and the force you exert
is high - PSI is high. No wood can stand up to it. Many metals can't.
Use a tablet under the single sheet or a glass sheet covering the top.
The glass should be tempered and safety. A glass company should help.
In the 60's we had good friends that had a glass table top for a dinning room.
The table was great until a hot pot was put on a cloth pad - shattered it.
The table top was replaced with a 1" sandstone top that was sealed and was
beautiful. The mother had a deep gash on her leg.
Martin
Mark Whittingham wrote:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
> be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>
> JP
Mark Whittingham wrote:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
> be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>
> JP
http://tinytimbers.com/janka.htm
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On Jan 9, 1:49=A0pm, Mark Whittingham <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. =A0The finish will
> be Duravar. =A0Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>
> JP
I have two cherry table tops I made from wood from the farm I grew up
on. One is over 18 years old -- we have written on it over the years
and no marks. I guess you could make marks if you pushed hard enough
with a ball point pen,
l8r
Jack
On 1/9/2010 12:49 PM, Mark Whittingham wrote:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
> be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>
> JP
Not familiar with Duravar so I don't know how that would affect the equation,
but I doubt it. Cherry is pretty soft.
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In =
news:03b810c7-9a6d-43aa-b517-2d161acf1099@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com,
Mark Whittingham <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
> be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>=20
> JP
I cannot say for the others, but,
I have a solid cherry table that my grandfather made almost, if not more =
than, 100 years ago.
All it has is a standard, for then, finish on it and it is definitely =
hard enough to write upon.
P D Q
On 1/9/2010 2:47 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>> http://tinytimbers.com/janka.htm
>
> Nice site, thanks. No listing for mesquite though.
>
> -Zz
It's in there, but it's listed in the table, not the pie chart. Mesquite is 2345.
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On 1/9/2010 3:04 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
> On 1/9/2010 2:47 PM, Zz Yzx wrote:
>>> http://tinytimbers.com/janka.htm
>>
>> Nice site, thanks. No listing for mesquite though.
>>
>> -Zz
>
> It's in there, but it's listed in the table, not the pie chart. Mesquite
> is 2345.
Woops; brain check. That is *not* a "pie" chart... :-)
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My first-hand experience is No, cherry will not stand up to writing.
-Steve
"Mark Whittingham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
> be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
> denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
> Thank you.
>
> JP