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   SteveSchoene | Dec 20, 2009 06:44am | #1

   I don't know grappa (as a
   I don't know grappa (as a wood, I assume it is one of the tropical hardwoods. If you can come up with a biological name it would help track down it's properties.

   I will say generically, that it usually isn't hard to get exterior woods to turn grey. It's much harder to prevent it from happening, though not every species assumes the nice silvery grey of our desires.

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   Shwallon | Dec 22, 2009 03:30pm | #2

   the only reference I can find on the interweb thangy was a deck called a "grappa deck" then it listed Yellow Balou as the wood used. all the other references to grappa are of an Italian tasty beverage.

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   spotcheck | Dec 28, 2009 12:21pm | #3

   That sounds too much like work to me. I would take the Old Testament approach - put it out there, and let God do it. But, there must be a reason you need to accelerate the process????