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Jack

On 2/21/2018 5:07 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:48:52 AM UTC-5, dustyone wrote:
Hello all,

Question:

Does all wood darken with age? Cherry, of course, is an example of
such a species. Do other woods behave in the same way? One would
think that most color would fade with exposure to light, and that
cherry is an anomaly.

Curt Blood
Hartford, CT

I want to buy a beautiful Queen Anne table that the owner says is cherry. I leaf is clearly darker, presumably because it was stored. I was hoping to put it in the sun to let it lighten up so it will match. Any thoughts on what I can do to get it to lighten up?

Cherry will not get lighter. In fact, now that you mention it, I don't
recall ever seeing wood get lighter with exposure to light, usually
light wood turns gray, and dark wood get darker. I don't have experience
with all 60,000 species of wood, so one can't be sure. My best guess is
the leaf was exposed to sun, and the table wasn't. Seems strange as
normally it would be the other way around. Possibly the leaf is
different wood from the rest.

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Jack
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