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    Default White timber for intarsia?

    Hi guys

    Is there a native timber that is white as driven snow (well maybe not that white) alternativley what imported species might be like that. I have a couple of intarsia projects that I need really white wood for. Also yellow is another colour I need. I find most yellowish woods tend to darken under oils or varnish and it would be nice if I could maintain the brightness of the colour.

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    Douglas

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    Sap wood off black wood or black bean?

    Can't help with yellow. I got some wood off a pallet once that was yellow. From asia I guess but I have no idea what it was.
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    Holly stays white or ivory wood.
    How much do you need. and what sizes?
    I've got silver ash and a lot of blackwood sapwood
    think there is some huon pine as well (yellow)

    Cheers

    Steve

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    American Rock Maple. beautiful brilliant white timber. think electric guitar necks. bloody dense and hard too. holds a great edge off the cutting edge.

    Call Anagote timbers. www.anagote.com.au
    Zed

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    Default Silver Ash

    Silver Ash will start out almost pure white but will oxidise to a pale golden yellow (about half the intensity of the smiley icon below) under clear finishes.

    Regards, Timboz

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    Paulownia is white but it's not native. It's light weight and easy to work, shouldn't be too expensive to post/transport. Can't help with the yellow wood but there are some rainforest species that would do the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timboz View Post
    Silver Ash will start out almost pure white but will oxidise to a pale golden yellow (about half the intensity of the smiley icon below) under clear finishes.

    Regards, Timboz
    As above for white. Look up Leichhardt for a yellow timber it is the most intense, grows around here, but oily as hell.
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    For white I use Norfolk Island Hibiscus - hard to pick that it's timber and not bone or ivory! The yellowest timbers I've come across would be Native Lime and Sandpaper fig - they both just seem to get brighter in colour as you finish them instead of browning off! There's a few examples of all three on my natives gallery here... Turnings Gallery
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    Hi
    Missen timbers in Burnie have bone wood and tallowood grown in Tassie as near to white I have seen.

    Cheers Tony
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    Have you thought of Celery Top Pine.

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