lg

"larry"

11/01/2006 8:48 PM

Please help identify this wood

I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the same as
the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg

Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it down and
apply oil or beeswax.

- depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?

Looking forward to your answers.

Cheers
Larry


This topic has 6 replies

lg

"larry"

in reply to "larry" on 11/01/2006 8:48 PM

15/01/2006 9:25 PM

thank you all - I eventully went for utile - that's what the timber yard had
and it resembled it pretty well - maybe even the same. It's only a 10-15
year old house so I was pleased that it was not some cheap stained pine the
builder had used.
"larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the same as
>the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
>http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg
>
> Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it down and
> apply oil or beeswax.
>
> - depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
> different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?
>
> Looking forward to your answers.
>
> Cheers
> Larry
>

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "larry" on 11/01/2006 8:48 PM

11/01/2006 9:09 PM

Resembles Mahogany to me. However a picture that is in focus would help.



"larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the same as
>the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
>http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg
>
> Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it down and
> apply oil or beeswax.
>
> - depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
> different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?
>
> Looking forward to your answers.
>
> Cheers
> Larry
>

lg

"larry"

in reply to "larry" on 11/01/2006 8:48 PM

11/01/2006 9:22 PM

Thanks Leon

I have uploaded a hopefully shaper one -still same link - I'm only using a
Logitec webcam.




"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Resembles Mahogany to me. However a picture that is in focus would help.
>
>
>
> "larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the same
>>as the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
>>http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg
>>
>> Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it down
>> and apply oil or beeswax.
>>
>> - depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
>> different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?
>>
>> Looking forward to your answers.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Larry
>>
>
>

TT

"Toller"

in reply to "larry" on 11/01/2006 8:48 PM

11/01/2006 10:08 PM


"larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the same as
>the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
>http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg
>
> Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it down and
> apply oil or beeswax.
>
> - depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
> different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?
>
Looks more like African mahogany than mahogany, but who knows.

I took a piece of wood into two good lumber yards and asked them what it
was. They both said it was a tropical wood nominally called mahogany; but
it could be any of several dozen species and there was no practical way to
be sure. So getting an accurate answer from a poor photo...

dd

"dadiOH"

in reply to "larry" on 11/01/2006 8:48 PM

11/01/2006 11:32 PM

larry wrote:
> I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the
> same as the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
> http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg
>
> Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it
> down and apply oil or beeswax.
>
> - depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
> different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?

Impossible to tell what the shaped piece is, what it is resting on is
mahogany. "Real" mahogony? Well, Carribean/Latin America as opposed to
Phillipine but exactly what kind of Carribean/Latin America I couldn't
say. Best guess is Honduras in which case it would be "real" (Swietenia
macrophylla).



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"Leon"

in reply to "larry" on 11/01/2006 8:48 PM

11/01/2006 9:51 PM

I still think Mahogany. It being on a stair tread, how has it held up?




"larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks Leon
>
> I have uploaded a hopefully shaper one -still same link - I'm only using a
> Logitec webcam.
>
>
>
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Resembles Mahogany to me. However a picture that is in focus would help.
>>
>>
>>
>> "larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>I need to get some hardwood for hand railings and need it to be the same
>>>as the existing if possible. I have placed picture on my website.
>>>http://wood.ergonometrix.co.uk/woodstair.jpg
>>>
>>> Currently it is stained and varnished but I would like to sand it down
>>> and apply oil or beeswax.
>>>
>>> - depending on it's angle to the light the wood reflects the light in
>>> different ways. - Is it real mahogany or ?
>>>
>>> Looking forward to your answers.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Larry
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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