Hey all,
I've a project (actually three) for a local magazine and one of them includes a desktop in curly maple. The publisher really liked the heft of the previous 8/4 (final 1 1/2") table I made for him. So I'm in need of some 8/4 curly maple. My local supplier only has it in soft maple and couldn't be sure that it wouldn't have the similar silver tones that regular soft maple has. I called around and and no one has 8/4 hard maple. I found a place in PA (I'm in MA) that also has 8/4 soft, but says that it won't have the silver streaks.
I really don't want to go through the bleaching process again and this guy wants very light and very curly. I suspect if i can find a supplier of 8/4 curly hard - he'd pay!!
Any thoughts, insight or suggestions would be most helpful.
Thanks,
-joe