Previously, I had asked a question concerning the best way to finish Birdseye Maple. Nobody responded to my post with any actual experience with Birdseye Maple and I decided I needed to do some trials. I made up some small pieces of Birdseye Maple that were sanded to 220.
The following are a couple from my trial. The first is of the sanded Birdseye Maple with no finish, then dyed with a Transtint dye, Danish Oil and Golden Oak Oil based stain.
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One of the ways of finishing Curly Maple is with the Transtint dye but in this case, I though that the color was too much. I actually like the one with the Natural Danish Oil.
I am making some screwdriver handles and I finished one of them with the Natural Danish Oil.
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It brought out he Birdseye very well. It was interesting as the piece has the Birdseye showing on opposite sides of the handle and curly maple in between.
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