On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:43:56 -0700, Ferd Farkel
wrote:
As for a tinted finish being cheating, I've never
seen an old piece of cherry that wasn't finished with some
sort of tinted glaze.

I often wonder if the older pieces used a garnet shellac, or an
artificial colorant, but I definitely agree with you. It's really
hard to tell exactly what it was decades later. G

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