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B A R R Y wrote:

SonomaProducts.com wrote:

Lots of folks just cringe at coloring Cherry but I don't think there
is anything sacred about it.


Same here, but I think I've figured out why some folks get so freaked out.

It's how cherry takes a stain when applied by the unknowing. G

I think you are right.

I've
seen a few simply AWFUL blotch jobs on beautiful cherry.

Viewed some of my work, have you? g

Now I've taken to tinting with shellacs, either of natural color, or
with transtint dyes added.
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