Has anyone had any success boiling Osage orange shavings that can be applied many times before finishing the wood and did the yellow/orange color of the wood last longer?

After rough turning a piece of OO, I immediately placed the wood in several layers of paper and paper sacks and stored in the basement where there is seldom any light at all only to discover it to turn brown in just a couple of months.

That tells me that the main vermin is not uv.

Any thought you can share?