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I would never recommend African Mahog myself; Honduran would be much better. I have had a sizable stock of African for 8 or 9 years now, and have almost run through it. Results are all good, but...

I appreciate all this good input.

I'll give Shawn's recipe a shot on a test piece, with both woods. Does the rottenstone impart any light color to the voids? Sounds like an oil and varnish...

Thanks, Shawn - interesting alternative. I am wary of altering the ebony - it's slip matched, and looks good as is. I don't want to hide the pattern.

I do have transtints you mentioned. I'll...

I rarely use dyes or stains. Cherry looks beautiful after years of aging.

However, this african mahogany is fairly light, and I feel the piece would look better darker. And my client is to be...

Right, I realized just after posting that spraying such a chemical would be pretty stupid.

I found some web info on using P.D. on mahogany, and it might be an answer for me. But if I brush it...

Thanks - I looked this up, and you must mean Potassium Dichromate?

This looks promising, as it seems a process to accelerate natural darkening, and might not affect the ebony if there is some...

I would love some advice on water dying an almost complete african mahogany chest. The piece is a combination of paneled solid wood and slip matched ebony plywood. There is a second chest of...

I am at the point of "draping" veneer on a cabinet, and must decide whether to cross-band with a veneer running the opposite direction.

This is a largely glass collector's cabinet, where the posts...

Clearly I need a glossary for acronyms on this forum. Took me along time before I figured out what "LOML" stood for. Thanks for the clarification, and info as well. Now I have to research where to...

Some great input here - very helpful to me. Thanks to all:

Update on the mahog shelf units - I sprayed a base coat of unwaxed Zinnser shellac on all exposed surfaces. This warmed up the wood,...

Many thanks for the interesting responses; I'll investigate.

Kim - I guess "USL" means the topcoat? Looked up "TransTint", and it was waterbased dye, so I think this is an additive to the...

Thanks for the thoughts, Jim. The BLO would have to be wiped on, right? I have lots of surface area. Also, it would extend my finish time.

An option I was thinking about was orange shellac...

Am looking for advice on water based finishes for a set of mahogany built in shelves which I have almost completed. Have depended on laquer, both Deft and spray type in the past, but wish to avoid...

Have used Autocad for many years, and also use Sketchup. AC can be very fast and precise for 2d drafting; it's amazing to see how fast some people can use it. Drawing in SU can be slow in...

Jim King - Now That's what I'm talking about!!

Thanks for the pics of your nice work. My walnut cookie may not be as accomodating (piewise) as your "tropicals", but it's wrapped in paper and put...

My shop is about 4 years old, has a crawl space, and 7 air outlets. The pipes are concealed in the walls, and the tank is in a central storage room. There is a drain in the crawl space.

The...

I don't doubt the inevitability of a pie shaped void. Being an optimistic person, I consider this a design challenge, and am willing to deal with it. Also, the "cookie" is an interesting and...

Jim - perhaps I was misleading with the word "fatal". Unless the disk is in danger of falling apart, the concern would be aesthetic. A pie shaped void from pith to bark could be filled and not a...

I am not too concerned about the cracks, unless they weaken the disc so much as to cause structural failure. Cracks all the way through and more than a third across the diameter might be fatal to...

Am hoping for some insight into drying a log slice. I have an interesting 4 inch thick walnut trunk (about 70 years old) which I am making into a table. It was chainsawed near the tree base, and...