I'm building a coffee table for our daughter out of walnut. I have cut out all
the sap wood but still think I may have a few issues with a lighter color in
some of the walnut. My plans are to use a finish like Sam Waloof. It contains
tung oil, linseed oil and varnish. I have thought about using a little stain on
the lighter parts. Any suggestions.

Keith wrote:

I'm building a coffee table for our daughter out of walnut. I have cut out all
the sap wood but still think I may have a few issues with a lighter color in
some of the walnut. My plans are to use a finish like Sam Waloof. It contains
tung oil, linseed oil and varnish. I have thought about using a little stain on
the lighter parts. Any suggestions.

A little light coloring here and there is natural. Looks especially
nice when bookmatching walnut veneers. I'd leave it alone.

Dave

Keith, are you sure that the light areas don't add interest to the project?
Cheers, Bill

"Keith" wrote in message
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I'm building a coffee table for our daughter out of walnut. I have cut out
all
the sap wood but still think I may have a few issues with a lighter color
in
some of the walnut. My plans are to use a finish like Sam Waloof. It
contains
tung oil, linseed oil and varnish. I have thought about using a little
stain on
the lighter parts. Any suggestions.


Of course, if you don't like the sapwood areas, you might try a modified
version of what they do in the kiln. Take a batch of heartwood scrap and
steam and boil it to get some of the extractives out. Use as a dye. Better
with hulls as a source, but it will give a bit of color.

Experiment on scrap, not your project.

"Keith" wrote in message
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I'm building a coffee table for our daughter out of walnut. I have cut out
all
the sap wood but still think I may have a few issues with a lighter color
in
some of the walnut. My plans are to use a finish like Sam Waloof. It
contains
tung oil, linseed oil and varnish. I have thought about using a little
stain on
the lighter parts. Any suggestions.

I have used Var Black Walnut stain over the sap wood a few times. It is
still lighter than the heartwood but looks nice (kind of natural, like the
other respondants said).
That is all I use the stain for. I bought it to use on secondary wood I
wanted to mix with walnut, but it looks like crap there.