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Mark Whittingham dropped this bit of wisdom:
I'm planning on a cherry top for a table I'm making. The finish will
be Duravar. Will this be hard enough to write on without noticeable
denting, or should I use maple and dye/stain it to look like cherry?
Thank you.

JP

I cannot say for the others, but,

I have a solid cherry table that my grandfather made almost, if not more than, 100 years ago.

All it has is a standard, for then, finish on it and it is definitely hard enough to write upon.

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