On Feb 17, 8:21 pm, robo hippy wrote:
A lot of woods will do this, especially fruit woods. The sap wood is
white until exposed to air, then it goes red/orange/pink/yellow. I
figure it is a kind of oxidation. Some woods get darker with age, some
get lighter. Can't do much about it unless you put it into a vacuum
with no UV light. You can sand it out, and it will still go pink
again. Welcome to the world of wood.
robo hippy

I hate to go off topic but..... Robo, you mentioned oxidation and I'm
inclined to agree, but how would I promote oxidation. Here is the
reason I'm curious. I picked up some osage orange from a ladies yard
that had been cut for several weeks. Instead of being the typical
yellow color, the cut ends of the logs were a beautiful red color. I
had never turned osage, so imagine my surprise when I cut it open and
found out the wood was actually yellow. I like the look of the wood as
it is, but I'd like to see some of the red color that I saw when I
picked the wood up. I know that bleach is an oxidizer, does anyone
know if the red appeared in the osage because of oxidation, and if it
did, would bleach bring out more of it? Hmmmmm..... sounds like an
experiment could be coming on, but didn't want to repeat something
that has already been done.

THanks,
JD