"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:

"Leon" wrote: Vivid purple turned brown when turning and sanding a
pen..... what kind of
acid are you using to bring back the pruple?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Purple heart is brown when it's cut or turned, but the color returns to
the
surface on exposure to air. Exposure of the purple surface to sunlight
will
turn it to an ugly brown. So, after turning a pen, just wait, and don't
leave it in the window.

Not in my experience -- I've observed the purple to be *intensified* by
sunlight.


I have heard it both way over the years.... From what I understand it is
loke people and will react differently to being handled differently. I have
had it go extreme purple when cutting.