On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:04:36 -0400, dadiOH wrote:

dustyone wrote:

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".

It will darken.

Most of the reference books I've read agree. The only question is the
time frame.

I particularly remember a book on turning that emphasized form because no
matter how pretty the wood, it'll all be black eventually. And yes,
eventually was in the 100s of years.

Of course, one could always use paint and bury the stuff in a desert
pyramid :-).





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