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13th August 2017, 03:51 PM #1
Jarrah & black butt
I have finished a Jarrah & black butt herringbone
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13th August 2017, 08:06 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Gorgeous!
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15th August 2017, 02:39 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Great looking pen. Similar to my chopping board, the colours were vibrant right up until I oiled it. Don't know why those 2 timbers together darken so much. I bet it beams in the sunlight? The rich red of the jarrah shining through. On the basis of the darkening effect the finish has I won't be puttingbthese 2 together again.
Please don't take this as negative feedback, quite the contrary, it's just my experience/observation with these 2 together and their effects once finished.
im yet to find a red and whit timber that hold their colours once finished.
see the pic. You can see the difference between in and out of the sun.
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15th August 2017, 08:09 PM #4
thanks for all the likes and comments the black butt was not that white to start with
regards Mienjoy life we are only here a short time not a long time
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20th August 2017, 01:14 PM #5Novice
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Don't know if it's applicable, to your job, but I had the same difficulty conserving contrast between a couple of timbers in a job I was doing, when I oiled it the contrast diminished radically. I found that the best way was not to oil it direct, but to paint it with water-based estapol. This preserved the colour/tone contrast perfectly. I then sanded, gave the job another coat (this time of solvent-based estapol), and finally finished with wet and dry paper and a Scandinavian oil finish. The job really glowed and the colour contrast was striking. Very durable too.
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