Finish Problem

[Rolf Maxa]

made a dining room table out of solid walnut for my daughter. She now wants it to look like mahogany. If I had known she wanted a mahogany finish I would have made it out of that wood. So my problem is how do I make a dark wood like walnut look like mahogany. Any help would be appreciated.

[Bill Arnold]

made a dining room table out of solid walnut for my daughter. She now wants it to look like mahogany. If I had known she wanted a mahogany finish I would have made it out of that wood. So my problem is how do I make a dark wood like walnut look like mahogany. Any help would be appreciated.

Mahogany colored paint???

Seriously, though, was there any discussion with her about the material BEFORE you built the table?

[Rolf Maxa]

Seriously, though, was there any discussion with her about the material BEFORE you built the table?

Bill, you must not have any girls. Yes we talked about the type of wood before the project got started. Between the time I started the project to the time I finished the project there was a change in color. I'm going to try a mahogany dye, which was recommended by the guys in the local Woodcraft.

[Jim Becker]

Rolf, more or less...you can't do what she wants without completely bleaching the project and then dying/staining the heck out of it. Even then, it's not going to look anything like mahogany since the grain and pore pattern is very different.