"Joe" wrote in message
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I thought the darkening of cherry was an oxidation thing, not a uv thing.
In fact, I remember reading in a FWW that sunlight will actually *bleach*
cherrry. Now I have to go find the issue where I saw that......

Issue was may/june 2000, article was by Jeff Jewitt. I was only partially
right. Sun and oxidation to darken, but cherry left in direct sunlight
for extended periods of time will bleach. Guess my memory wasn't as good
as I thought. At least I think it's not.... dang, now I can't
remember.....

jc




Well, if it was an oxidation thing then I would suspect Cherry would not
darken under an non-breathable finish,
which most are. I've had cherry darken in just a matter of hours when the
sun hits it (granted I'm in NM where the
sun is about as harsh as it gets and we have less oxygen here given our
altitude). I'd be interested to see if it's really the
UV or oxygen but I've always been led to believe it's the UV.
Cheers,
cc