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The other day I posted a picture of this box without a finishing sealer on it because I could not decide what type of finish I should use that would maintain the brownish color of the wenge. I took several scraps of sanded wenge and applied a boled linseed oil finish, a water based poly finish, a shellac finish and my standard lacquer finish. They all sorta looked the same after 5 coats. I guess there is not a good way I have found for the wenge finish. I should have used walnut to maintain the chocolate look I wanted….but the wenge does have a nice and unique grain.
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cwdance1
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#1 posted 04-20-2012 10:53 PM
Love the wood choice. Great job.
JoeyG
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#2 posted 04-20-2012 11:02 PM
It looks incredible with the finish on it Greg. You could always go for round to with the walnut.
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Roger
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#3 posted 04-20-2012 11:21 PM
This is a sweet lookin combo in a box
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#4 posted 04-20-2012 11:30 PM
These are just outstanding… so well designed and executed…
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abie
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#5 posted 04-21-2012 12:17 AM
Ah perfection is so hard to attain.
I wanted to say Bitch bitch but those of us striving for your standards only stand back and say…...... WOW
Nice job.
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gfadvm
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#6 posted 04-21-2012 12:35 AM
I too have experimented with a lot of different finishes and have come to a similar conclusion. I was suprised that the water based darkened it as much as the others. At any rate, it looks great as expected.
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Woodwrecker
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#7 posted 04-21-2012 02:28 AM
That is a cool wood combo Greg.
And the finish came out really nicely.
rance
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#8 posted 04-21-2012 03:05 AM
Maybe not what you were after, but nice nonetheless. You may have to change the name of it to something else. There, problem solved. :)
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ShopTinker
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#9 posted 04-21-2012 04:21 AM
I think the wedge makes for an outstanding contrast. I suppose walnut would be okay too. Anyway, that “Dark Chocolate Lemon Box” looks great to me.
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eddie
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#10 posted 04-21-2012 07:20 AM
out standing finish,made me hungry
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#11 posted 04-21-2012 03:37 PM
Yet another fantastic box Greg. Really like the wood colour combination
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crashman
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#12 posted 04-22-2012 02:18 PM
Greg, Your designs & workmanship on these boxes is unsurpassed. To maintain the color you want you might try a couple coats of sanding sealer, sand & take to your local Auto Body Shop & have them clear coat it while they are spraying something else, (if they are good guys they propabbly will not charge you anything) I find that this gives you an absolutey beautiful, durable, high gloss finish & makes the wood colors really “pop”. If you decide to use this process you can purchase a touch up spray gun for about $150 or less & do it yourself. I have a sample of this process left over from my trial & error process I can send you if you want. Let me know. Keep up the good work & new designs. I always look forward to seeing them on LJ….....................Jack
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rodman40
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#13 posted 04-24-2012 12:40 AM
That looks like it would make a great How To tutorial, what you say ?
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#14 posted 04-24-2012 03:01 AM
Really beautiful.
What is the yellow wood?
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