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Accentuating Quilted Maple
I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter.
I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. |
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Accentuating Quilted Maple
Might I suggest going to you tube and looking for Charles Neils
excellent video on dealing with quilted maple. He shows you how to make it really pop. I did it his way and was astounded how great it looked. On 12/6/2010 3:07 PM, Woody wrote: I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. |
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I am having trouble locating the original video that Charles produced.
In it he basically tells you to dye, sand, dye, sand, dye, sand until you get the desired effect. Most of us would never sand after putting on a finish, but with this method he shows how the soft wood keeps absorbing in a controlled env, by sanding off the hard wood since the soft has absorbed the finish it gets darker further beneath. I'm still looking for a link for you. On 12/6/2010 3:07 PM, Woody wrote: I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. |
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Since the video by Neils seems hard to come by, try this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8mp3Ag36s This may have been the video by Neil that was mentioned in the other posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWCptCxNx4I Deb I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. |
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it could have been, but when I watched it earlier it didn't seem like
it. But watching again, maybe On 12/6/2010 5:18 PM, Dr. Deb wrote: Since the video by Neils seems hard to come by, try this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8mp3Ag36s This may have been the video by Neil that was mentioned in the other posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWCptCxNx4I Deb I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. |
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On 12/6/2010 5:18 PM, Dr. Deb wrote:
Since the video by Neils seems hard to come by, try this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8mp3Ag36s This may have been the video by Neil that was mentioned in the other posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWCptCxNx4I Deb Thanks, will do. |
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On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:07:25 -0500, Woody
wrote: I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. I have done a fair amount of work with quilted maple. I bought about 150 board feet of reject quilted maple for $50. I used it up and bought a second lot. The finish that I use on most of my projects is linseed oil, polyurethane, and turpentine mix. I wet sand using the finish as lubricant starting with 240 working up to 600. I usually finish with a paste wax. The oil seems to pop the finish. I don't usually use dyes or stains. Some example of my maple work can be seen at: http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra.../woodwork.html Sometimes photography exaggerates the finish, sometimes it understates. |
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"Ray" wrote in message ... On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:07:25 -0500, Woody wrote: I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. I have done a fair amount of work with quilted maple. I bought about 150 board feet of reject quilted maple for $50. I used it up and bought a second lot. The finish that I use on most of my projects is linseed oil, polyurethane, and turpentine mix. I wet sand using the finish as lubricant starting with 240 working up to 600. I usually finish with a paste wax. The oil seems to pop the finish. I don't usually use dyes or stains. Some example of my maple work can be seen at: http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra.../woodwork.html Sometimes photography exaggerates the finish, sometimes it understates. Ray, you mention buying some wood from a mill in port angeles. I assume you mean Port Angeles, Washington. That is my home town, I was born there in 1950. That was before the present hospital was built. The old hospital is now the present YMCA. Any way, what is the name of that saw mill? I have lots of relatives who work in sawmills and an uncle who owned one. There is some good looking stuff on your website. Love the quilted maple and the wooden toys. |
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:13:57 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net wrote: "Ray" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:07:25 -0500, Woody wrote: I'm building a jewelry box out of quilted maple for my daughter. I'm looking for stain/dye suggestions to accentuate the grain. As I understand it, using a colored shellac will also aid the process. Thanks for the help. ~Mark. I have done a fair amount of work with quilted maple. I bought about 150 board feet of reject quilted maple for $50. I used it up and bought a second lot. The finish that I use on most of my projects is linseed oil, polyurethane, and turpentine mix. I wet sand using the finish as lubricant starting with 240 working up to 600. I usually finish with a paste wax. The oil seems to pop the finish. I don't usually use dyes or stains. Some example of my maple work can be seen at: http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra.../woodwork.html Sometimes photography exaggerates the finish, sometimes it understates. Ray, you mention buying some wood from a mill in port angeles. I assume you mean Port Angeles, Washington. That is my home town, I was born there in 1950. That was before the present hospital was built. The old hospital is now the present YMCA. Any way, what is the name of that saw mill? I have lots of relatives who work in sawmills and an uncle who owned one. There is some good looking stuff on your website. Love the quilted maple and the wooden toys. I am not sure that I ever knew the name of the mill. It is on S Fey road. North side of 101 about 5 miles east of PA. The owner is a real nice guy. Thanks for the compliment. |
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