The store that I was at today dealt with specialty woods. So it begs the
question in mind, what finish to do you put on rare woods generally
speaking? For example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge
slabs of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that, so is it
generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
"Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> what finish to do you put on rare woods generally speaking? For
>>> example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge slabs
>>> of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
>>> Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that,
>>> so is it generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
>>
>> Bubinga is popular for recorder makers, and you'd just oil it
>> for that.
>>
> So it sounds like from yours and the previous poster that rare woods get
> oil or clear finishes. Generally speaking that is.
My wife made me stain a mahogany coffee table so it would match a desk her
greatgrandfather built.
Now she wants a mahogany couch to match the table; I should have written
down what I did.
Normally you treat tropical woods are lightly as possible. Some oil if they
don't need protection; some varnish if they do.
But that's true for most woods; only wood I routinely stain is red oak.
"Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> what finish to do you put on rare woods generally speaking? For
>> example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge slabs
>> of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
>> Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that,
>> so is it generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
>
> Bubinga is popular for recorder makers, and you'd just oil it
> for that.
>
So it sounds like from yours and the previous poster that rare woods get oil
or clear finishes. Generally speaking that is.
> what finish to do you put on rare woods generally speaking? For
> example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge slabs
> of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
> Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that,
> so is it generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
Bubinga is popular for recorder makers, and you'd just oil it
for that.
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Eigenvector wrote:
> "Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>>> what finish to do you put on rare woods generally speaking? For
>>> example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge slabs
>>> of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
>>> Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that,
>>> so is it generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
>>
>> Bubinga is popular for recorder makers, and you'd just oil it
>> for that.
>>
> So it sounds like from yours and the previous poster that rare woods
> get oil or clear finishes. Generally speaking that is.
Some of the really hard tropicals will take a high polish with no
finish at all. You have to tailor the finish to the particular species
and the requirements of the piece.
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:45:55 -0700, "Eigenvector"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The store that I was at today dealt with specialty woods. So it begs the
>question in mind, what finish to do you put on rare woods generally
>speaking? For example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge
>slabs of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
>Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that, so is it
>generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
We paint them yellow.
-Leuf
"Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The store that I was at today dealt with specialty woods. So it begs the
> question in mind, what finish to do you put on rare woods generally
> speaking? For example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge
> slabs of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
> Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that, so is it
> generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
>
Clear finish of some kind. I put tung oil on bubinga with spectacular
results.
Jim
"Leuf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:45:55 -0700, "Eigenvector"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>The store that I was at today dealt with specialty woods. So it begs the
>>question in mind, what finish to do you put on rare woods generally
>>speaking? For example they had lots and lots of zebrawood, and two huge
>>slabs of Bubinga - rough cut with bark on them, along with some Bolivian
>>Rosewood and Mango. I can't see anyone staining wood like that, so is it
>>generally a simple varnish or wax as the finish?
>
> We paint them yellow.
>
>
> -Leuf
It's your wood, you can do whatever you want to it. Besides, there are
other reasons to obtain a rare wood besides suface finish - sound quality,
structure, durability, strength.