Some nice, but not great, figuring in the wood and some fairly nice grain patterns, also. Will decide if staining will be necessary, when they dry, etc.


Wow, I really envy you. That is some great material and using wild edges will really be a creative and fantastic use fore those boards.

I almost always at least add some "Natural" stain or dye on woods with white. White wood can bleach out over time and become very flat. For instance red oak will become really white after a few years if sunlight can get at it so just the slightest toning of a yellow-ish dye or stain can keep it beautiful for a life time.

The other option is to do a glaze of dark finish to highlight the grain lines on woods that have such, like red or white oak. Then even if they do bleach you have the dark line contrast to keep it looking good. Not too familiar with Pecan but I assume it does not have much textured grain and is more like maple or birch.

The other option is to use naturally yellowing finish like shellac or nitrocellulose lac.