<div dir="auto">Is it really mahogany or is it Sapele?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Greg</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 5:09 PM Richard Allen via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">I find that mahogany darkens fairly quickly on it’s own. Take a scrap piece, sand it to 320 put a thin coat of finish on it and set it in the sun for a couple of weeks. You will get a good idea of how quickly mahogany darkens. If you do stain it know that it will darken more..</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 1, 2021, at 4:21 PM, Scott Rohan=Smith via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hey guys,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m making a frame for a mirror out of mahogany and it’s the 1<sup>st </sup> time I’ve used mahogany for a project. Would anybody have a suggestion for a stain color? I’m looking for something on the dark side (hmmm, as in darker color not … well,you know, Star Wars dark … oh never mind)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the help and Happy New Year!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Smitty aka Scott Rohan-Smith<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Missoula, MT<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Doh, a beer I want a beer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ray, the guy who buys me beer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Me, the guy whom Ray buys beer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Fa, a long way to go for beer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, I think I’ll have a beer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">La, La la la la la la<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ti, no thanks I’ll have a beer<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">And that will bring us back to Doh! Doh! Doh!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>I want to be one of my friends for a day so I can see how cool it is to hang out with me.</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>To unsubscribe from this list -</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -</span><br><span><a href="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a></span></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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