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   flairwoodworks | Jun 28, 2009 04:18am | #1

   From my experience, some woods, Elm, Maple, Dogwood, for example, get red-brown streaks/colouring as they age. It seems only the older trees get this.

   PS: Message 2 was mine - I forgot to add the attachment.

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   Kenneth | Jun 28, 2009 12:52pm | #3

   Somehow I thought that the streaking was caused by an errant microbe similar to the spalting process in Maple.

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   flairwoodworks | Jun 28, 2009 09:19pm | #5

   Kenneth,I think that some streaking becomes full-out colour over time. Other streaking is caused by the presence of iron or other chemicals.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com and now http://www.flairwoodworks.com)

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   frenchy | Jun 28, 2009 04:25am | #2

   Box elder can streak red brown yellow blue or green (i've seen all of them).. Not all boxelder has the streaks and brown does seem to be the most common.. yellow is  but not as rare as blue.  (in fact I've only seen one blue streak  in my life) 

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   Kenneth | Jun 28, 2009 12:58pm | #4

   While the predominent color is red, there is some blue-gray streaking.  I'll try to post a picture of the turning after finish drys.  Unfortunately, I understand that over time the red coloring fades to brown with exposure to ultraviolet light.  Some of the woodworkers I've talked to around here, (Atlanta) actually use colored markers to reinforce the color streaking and ensure permanence.