I am stripping/refinishing all the gumwood trim in my 103 y/o house. Some
sections are damaged beyond fixing or missing. Found a lumberyard in the
area that sells gumwood but was horrified by the price. Can anyone recomend
a suitable replacement wood? I will be staining and polying the finish on.

"I R Baboon" wrote in message
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I am stripping/refinishing all the gumwood trim in my 103 y/o house. Some
sections are damaged beyond fixing or missing. Found a lumberyard in the
area that sells gumwood but was horrified by the price. Can anyone
recomend
a suitable replacement wood? I will be staining and polying the finish on.


What is horrifying to you? http://www.westwindhardwood.com/hard_g.html has
gumwood for $6.95 a board foot. Compared to other woods, it is not all that
bad.

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"I R Baboon" wrote:

I am stripping/refinishing all the gumwood trim in my 103 y/o house. Some
sections are damaged beyond fixing or missing. Found a lumberyard in the
area that sells gumwood but was horrified by the price. Can anyone recomend
a suitable replacement wood? I will be staining and polying the finish on.



I just bought some gumwood from the place you went to, and the price
($6.40/bf) really isn't totally out of line. Gumwood is hard to come
by...they're one of the only places in the country that seems to stock
it in any quantity, and they had quite the quantity when I was there
last week. Just make sure you cull through the pile....gumwood warps
like a bitch, so it'll take some time to find some reasonably straight
boards.