Quote Originally Posted by lowell holmes View Post
I built a chair with mesquite, using cherry on the rockers. After 7 years, the cherry and mesquite look the same. I've had two mesquite back splats break.

I just finished another chair using cherry and it really looks good. It will darken with age.
was it a defect in the Mesquite do you think? back splat kind of thin? Did you make a particular rocker (say from plans that are out there?)