Andrew, I regularly fume red oak with ammonia and it can make it look more like white oak than before. I'll try to dig out some photos.
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Andrew, I regularly fume red oak with ammonia and it can make it look more like white oak than before. I'll try to dig out some photos.
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Here are two red oak panel glue-ups that I fumed. They are finished with regular (pure) Rubio.
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They don't match white oak, but the fuming gets rid of the pink hues, and moves it a lot closer to WO.
Last edited by Mark Gibney; 04-19-2024 at 11:58 AM. Reason: correction
I have used ash in the past to get the "look" of white oak. I felt that the extra effort at getting the color right was not worth the difference in cost. JMHO.
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