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Default does all wood darken?

On Jun 21, 3:59*pm, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:
Every species has it's own characteristics. Pine will yellow and brown
if it is indoors and covered with a varnish of some sort but will Grey
and black if outdorrs and exposed to mositiure. Red oak will usually
lighten, agin unless moisture is present than it will black, etc. etc.

On Jun 21, 8:48*am, dustyone wrote:

Hello all,


Question:


Does all wood darken with age? *Cherry, of course, is an example of
such a species. *Do other woods behave in the same way? *One would
think that most color would fade with exposure to light, and that
cherry is an anomaly.


Curt Blood
Hartford, CT





Thank you all for your responses. The wood in question is curly maple
finished with rock hard table top varnish. Sounds like the answer is
"it depends".

CB