On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:41:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:



The kahrs itself is ageing a sort of golden color, except where the
puppy ****ed on it, which has produced a lovely dark coloration in te
grain. The linseed on sanded oak is going russet, whlst the rough sawn
oak is much darker.


What am I trying to say here?

(i) Wood is wood, and trying to get perfect matches should be reserved
for plastic laminate manufacturers

(ii) It all ages and changes colour anyway, so just use what looks
decent, stain it up approximately correctly, and sit back and watch the
'patina' so beloved of the Antique Roadshow to develop...

(iii) **** on the floor to add patina?




..andy

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