Haynie
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I have seen some pens on here that have maple and it is white. How do you keep it white? No matter what I put on the maple it is getting a yellow tinge.
Keeping white woods white
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Wood Butcher
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I have noticed that Holly does that too. I have a pen I made 18 months ago of holly and African blackwood and the holly looks more like Canary wood, yellow as bananas. I doubt there is anything we can do to stop this over the long haul, it's the UV that does it is my guess. I try to plan for it in the initial design plan and just accept it.
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Wildman
Member
Have you thought about bleaching wood, and using favorite brand of water base clear.
okiebugg
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It's been my experience that anything that contains 'colored' oil ie. BLO, shellac, tung or others including CA , or any hydrocarbon based spray finishes will darken your wood. Water based Polyurethane, Lacquer, and others will leave your wood about 95% of the color you started with.
I use straight lacquer (hydrocarbon based) for most of my finishing. In particular, Deft gloss spray lacquer 4 to 6 coats over 48 hours will give you a glassy finish after sanding and will only slightly darken the wood. . JMHO
It's been my experience that anything that contains 'colored' oil ie. BLO, shellac, tung or others including CA , or any hydrocarbon based spray finishes will darken your wood. Water based Polyurethane, Lacquer, and others will leave your wood about 95% of the color you started with.
I use straight lacquer (hydrocarbon based) for most of my finishing. In particular, Deft gloss spray lacquer 4 to 6 coats over 48 hours will give you a glassy finish after sanding and will only slightly darken the wood. . JMHO