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On Oct 22, 9:26 am, hex wrote:

Hmmm -- should have done a google search before posting this. I see a
few subtle flames from the blasphemy furnace have started. I'll not
flame; though I too hold that staining cherry if *generally* a really
bad idea.

No kidding.... this is a fight not worth starting. Some would rather
sit with a wonderfully finished piece of cherry that is soft pink,
knowing that over many years their grandkids might wind up with the
color of wood they see in a magazine or furniture building book. To
them it is much better to wait a few decades and feel like a
traditionalist rather than than toning or applying dye to wood to make
it look like a traditional cherry piece that is a couple of hundred
years old.

Personally, I want to enjoy things now. Besides, I don't have 50 - 75
years to wait to see IF the current cherry harvest would yield
wood that would consistantly turn into that beautiful deep brick red
color that it did when it was old growth New England cherry from 200
years ago. Too many factors come into play; today's modern resin
finishes, climatized air in homes, lack of natural light in homes,
etc.



hmmm ... I did my kitchen cabinets in Cherry this past winter. I'm getting a
significant darkening in just a few months. Me thinks that 50-75 years is a
bit exagerated for the wait period. In the 6 months that I have had the
cabinets up in the kitchen I have gotten a very satisfying darkening.

Mike