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   SgianDubh | May 11, 2002 06:01am | #1

   Yes. These examples of zebrano are both polished with alkyd varnish. There are other options. What's your question? Slainte, RJ.

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   camel | May 11, 2002 06:13am | #2

   I knew you'd be all over that sh*t.

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   SgianDubh | May 11, 2002 06:45am | #3

   Sorry John, but it is right up my alley you have to admit. I just want to know what the problem might be before I offer any advice, ha, ha. I could spend a lot of time whittering about the wrong thing. Slainte,RJ.Link to RJFurniture site.

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   camel | May 11, 2002 06:55am | #4

   That same template, but on an smaller version.  Nice.  Looks good.

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   bubinga | May 11, 2002 07:52am | #5

   Say again,

   well I do not have much experience with exotic wood but have jumped into this blanket chest project (frame )with wenge and Zebrano and am interested in what people have used to finish these woods and what problems they have encountered?

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   SgianDubh | May 11, 2002 07:57am | #6

   You can varnish it or apply shellac, or apply one of the nitrocellulose family of finishes. It's an open grained timber, so the first coat is often helpful if it's applied as a thinned out wash coat. Apart from that, nothing peculiar that I've ever come across. It looks nice under an oil varnish though. The varnish 'honey colours' it a bit. I guess I should mention that the stuff is a bitch to plane, especially the typical quarter sawn stuff, so---- much as the 'hand plane only' purists might object, a thickness sander and a panel sander will be mighty handy. I've never been a purist myself, but i do like to get my work done in a timely manner and get paid. <g>  Slainte, RJ.

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   Edited 5/11/2002 1:11:23 AM ET by Sgian Dubh

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   bubinga | May 11, 2002 06:31pm | #7

   Thanks so much for the advise. I will let you know how it turns out. I was thinking of using a thickness sander if I could get access to it. I also prefer finished work to "Pure work" still in the shop.

   Have you ever bleached Wenge enough to bring up the early wood?

   I really like the work you showed me.

   cheers

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   SgianDubh | May 11, 2002 07:13pm | #8

   I haven't used wenge much. Apart from being fairly hard on cutting edges, coarse grained, heavy, a tendency to be a bit oily, and the splinters are a bit nasty if you don't get them out right away, it does polish up nicely--- but I've never tried bleaching it, so I've no experience to pass on. Slainte, RJ.

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   Edited 5/11/2002 12:20:35 PM ET by Sgian Dubh