....if you can.
Pencil post bed update #5
Cherry
The wood for the bed posts and rails came from different trees.

First coat of linseed oil showed this color variation. The posts
actually have matching color the lighting just shows two of them a
little lighter. The rails are a little lighter than the picture shows.
I'll have to tune the the rails color to match the posts.

Lessons learned.

Onward!
--
Kevin

lindo745 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Kevin wrote:
...if you can.
Pencil post bed update #5
Cherry
The wood for the bed posts and rails came from different trees.

First coat of linseed oil showed this color variation. The posts
actually have matching color the lighting just shows two of them a
little lighter. The rails are a little lighter than the picture shows.
I'll have to tune the the rails color to match the posts.

Are you sure you want to bother? It's all going to get considerably
darker of its own accord in probably less than a year's time, and after
it does I'd be willing to bet you won't be able to tell the difference.

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"Kevin" wrote in message

...if you can.
Pencil post bed update #5
Cherry
The wood for the bed posts and rails came from different trees.

First coat of linseed oil showed this color variation. The posts
actually have matching color the lighting just shows two of them a
little lighter. The rails are a little lighter than the picture shows.
I'll have to tune the the rails color to match the posts.

Lessons learned.

Onward!

thats what toning lacquers are for g

"Kevin" wrote in message
. ..
...if you can.
Pencil post bed update #5
Cherry
The wood for the bed posts and rails came from different trees.

First coat of linseed oil showed this color variation. The posts
actually have matching color the lighting just shows two of them a
little lighter. The rails are a little lighter than the picture shows.
I'll have to tune the the rails color to match the posts.

Lessons learned.

Onward!
--


It is not unusual for wood to change to darker or lighter depending on light
angle or when the surface of the wood is turned. I think if you align the
rail with the posts you will find that the color changes again. The color
will change again when you set the bed up in the house.

You may want to rethink trying to match colors as they will probably change
when you relocate. If you want a consistent color you will probably have to
stain the project and hide the wood some what.

I'll have to tune the the rails color to match the posts.

DAMN THOSE CHERRY TREES!!! They're f'n with us!

I say we cut them all down.

Oh, wait, we already do that.

-TES

Leon wrote:


It is not unusual for wood to change to darker or lighter depending on light
angle or when the surface of the wood is turned. I think if you align the
rail with the posts you will find that the color changes again. The color
will change again when you set the bed up in the house.

You may want to rethink trying to match colors as they will probably change
when you relocate. If you want a consistent color you will probably have to
stain the project and hide the wood some what.

Well I have rethought it and you right. In fact I'm going to set the
rails out this weekend (with a cooler of beer) and let the sun do it for
me.


--
Kevin

lindo745 (at) yahoo (dot) com

"Kevin" wrote in message
. ..
...if you can.
Pencil post bed update #5
Cherry
The wood for the bed posts and rails came from different trees.

First coat of linseed oil showed this color variation.

Use Kilz and the color won't bleed through. After two coats of good latex
you won't see any difference.

Kevin wrote in
:

Leon wrote:


It is not unusual for wood to change to darker or lighter depending
on light angle or when the surface of the wood is turned. I think if

Well I have rethought it and you right. In fact I'm going to set the
rails out this weekend (with a cooler of beer) and let the sun do it
for me.

If that doesn't do it, ammonia fuming will. Blueprint ammonia
from art supply store, taped up plastic bags, tent-like support
to keep the bag open & gases circulating.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:


Use Kilz and the color won't bleed through. After two coats of good latex
you won't see any difference.


Bwwwwwahahahhahhahahah....

That is funny.

Unfortunately I have a neighbor that asked what color I was going to
paint it.


--
Kevin

lindo745 (at) yahoo (dot) com

On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:08:40 -0400, Kevin wrote:

Leon wrote:


It is not unusual for wood to change to darker or lighter depending on light
angle or when the surface of the wood is turned. I think if you align the
rail with the posts you will find that the color changes again. The color
will change again when you set the bed up in the house.

You may want to rethink trying to match colors as they will probably change
when you relocate. If you want a consistent color you will probably have to
stain the project and hide the wood some what.

Well I have rethought it and you right. In fact I'm going to set the
rails out this weekend (with a cooler of beer) and let the sun do it for
me.

Oh, come on now..
How much beer can a couple of bed posts drink?


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

good coat of paint will solve that problem.

Kevin wrote:
...if you can.
Pencil post bed update #5
Cherry
The wood for the bed posts and rails came from different trees.

First coat of linseed oil showed this color variation. The posts
actually have matching color the lighting just shows two of them a
little lighter. The rails are a little lighter than the picture shows.
I'll have to tune the the rails color to match the posts.

Lessons learned.

Onward!

------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Kevin" wrote in message
. ..
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:


Use Kilz and the color won't bleed through. After two coats of good
latex you won't see any difference.

Bwwwwwahahahhahhahahah....

That is funny.

Unfortunately I have a neighbor that asked what color I was going to paint
it.



For years it seems as though people have been sold the idea staining wood is
the thing to do. You see commercials for Minwax where they brush a magical
coating that transforms bland wood to something of beauty. How often do you
see a clear finish being put on cherry or walnut?

A few weeks ago my neighbor came over and asked if I'd build a bookcase for
his wife. He said he wanted it stained very dark and had some ideas of what
it should look like. I let him go on, then showed him some wood with just
an oil finish or shellac. Until that time, he never thought about just a
natural wood. I ended up using oak and oak plywood.

Turned out to be a good deal for both of us. He picked up and paid for a
sheet of oak plywood. I bought the solid oak and supplied all the labor. I
cut the wood, he cuts my lawn.

mac davis wrote:


Oh, come on now..
How much beer can a couple of bed posts drink?


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

I don't know...I hope they leave some for the rest of us.
--
Kevin

lindo745 (at) yahoo (dot) com

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote

For years it seems as though people have been sold the idea staining wood
is the thing to do. You see commercials for Minwax where they brush a
magical coating that transforms bland wood to something of beauty. How
often do you see a clear finish being put on cherry or walnut?

Did a commissioned piece few years ago and when I asked the client what
kind of wood they had in mind the answer was "something stained a dark
walnut color".

And that's what they got ... without the stain. But I was thinking the whole
time that some folks think "walnut" is a color.

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Swingman wrote:

Did a commissioned piece few years ago and when I asked the client what
kind of wood they had in mind the answer was "something stained a dark
walnut color".

And that's what they got ... without the stain. But I was thinking the whole
time that some folks think "walnut" is a color.

To designers and marketing folks, it is.

"Swingman" wrote

And that's what they got ... without the stain. But I was thinking the
whole time that some folks think "walnut" is a color.


In my rustic furniture days, I slapped a coat of Watco Danish Oil finish on
everything. This was the custom at the time. I used the dark walnut color.

I offered to use the medium or light walnut color for some customers. I
stained up some samples to show them what it would look like. But they
rejected it because it was not an "authentic" walnut color.

So, yeah, walnut is a color. Dincha know?

"Lee Michaels" wrote ...

"Swingman" wrote

And that's what they got ... without the stain. But I was thinking the
whole time that some folks think "walnut" is a color.


In my rustic furniture days, I slapped a coat of Watco Danish Oil finish
on everything. This was the custom at the time. I used the dark walnut
color.

I offered to use the medium or light walnut color for some customers. I
stained up some samples to show them what it would look like. But they
rejected it because it was not an "authentic" walnut color.

So, yeah, walnut is a color. Dincha know?



Took me awhile, mainly because I'm "color challenged", but I finally got it
.... I think.

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