On 24 May 2006 16:02:12 -0700, "henry" wrote:

I have just made four jewlery boxes with 3/4 splated maple set in a
walnut frame for a top
Snip

What would
make the colored lines pop the most as well as seal from future rotting.

I used Waterlox on the box at

http://web2.airmail.net/xleanone/index.html/KJB%20Box/

While the Maple is Tiger, not Spalted, it worksnicely and seems to pop
the grain pretty well without darkening it as much as BLO does. I've
used on Spalted Maple with similar results - just don't have pics (or
the box!).

Regards.

Tom