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From: Paul T. Radovanic ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Black walnut sapwood
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Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Date: 2001-08-26 18:54:53 PST
First of all, I agree with leaving sapwood as is --*IF* you took that
into consideration when you designed the piece and laid out the wood
for grain alignment, etc. I glued up a tabletop, aligning the sapwood
edges. It made five boards look like three, and the overall color is
excellent.
You're dealing with sharp contrasts, just as if you were to use maple
and walnut together. Sapwood can add beauty, but if it isn't laid out
correctly within that dark heartwood, it can be gaudy and awkward.
There are times when you want to color it. You can use the darker
stains; it's a personal preference. My personal favorite is to use a
honey/amber water-based dye, and apply it only to the sapwood, sort of
blending it in to the heartwood areas. I like my walnut to be
multi-colored. The honey/amber is not a stark contrast, and it
compliments the heartwood.
I use either Clearwater Color Co.'s Honey/Amber gel dye, or Homestead
Finishing's Transtint flavor. Homestead doesn't call it "honey/amber"
-- I think they call it Golden Brown -- ask the owner, Jeff Jewitt at
http://www.homesteadfinishing.com he'll answer right away.
HTH,
Paul Rad
On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:37:21 -0600, "Dean Lapinel"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am using Black walnut boards that has about 25% sapwood on one side. At
>first it didn't worry me but now I am looking at methods of hiding the
>sapwood color. Any thoughts on using dyes or fuming?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dean Lapinel
>
Regards,
Tom.
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