In article , Bob G. wrote:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:40:20 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
In article .com, "Jim"
wrote:
When fresh cut, Cherry has a white sapwood that turns almost as dark as
the heartwood as air & light get to it, so probably it will mellow.
Well.... the sapwood is indeed white, or nearly so, when it's fresh, and it
*does* darken over time. But to say that it becomes "almost as dark as the
heartwood" is a bit of an exaggeration. I have a cherry bookcase built almost
18 years ago on which the sapwood on the sides is still clearly visible.
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I do not use a lot of Cherry ...mostly because of the coloration
changes...
Sunlight will darken the wood over time... BUT as the above poster
mentioned wood that is not expossed to sunlight will
take forever to naturally darken...
I'm talking about the *outside* of the bookcase, where it *is* exposed to
sunlight - the sapwood is still noticeably lighter than the heartwood. It does
get darker, yes, but it will never get quite as dark as the heartwood.
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?