OK, I know I'm new here & looking for a needle in a haystack! I hope you'll bear with me.
As an introduction, I've been building furniture for about 40 years but have not done much in the last 6-8 years other than an electric guitar my son & I built, but that's another story…
RE: the Southern Yellow Pine project… My wife, who never does projects, made some shelves out of SYP 2×10
construction material that turned out great. She made the stain (dye really) following a recipe she read about using vinegar that had soaked with steel wool for about a week as a 1st coat, and then the same solution (I think), with iced tea as the 2nd coat. The result is hard to describe, but they really came out great.
The rub is we just redid a fireplace in stone & she wants me to make a mantle to match. The mantle needs to be about 3 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 80". I could glue up wood to get the required thickness, but, on this mantle, the ends will show & that wouldn't look right, so…
I'm looking for a source where I could get thick, wide, & clear SYP. Small, tight knots would be OK but I can't have any bark inclusion or loose knots. And, of course, it needs to be dry.
Anyone know of a source for something like that?
As an introduction, I've been building furniture for about 40 years but have not done much in the last 6-8 years other than an electric guitar my son & I built, but that's another story…
RE: the Southern Yellow Pine project… My wife, who never does projects, made some shelves out of SYP 2×10
construction material that turned out great. She made the stain (dye really) following a recipe she read about using vinegar that had soaked with steel wool for about a week as a 1st coat, and then the same solution (I think), with iced tea as the 2nd coat. The result is hard to describe, but they really came out great.
The rub is we just redid a fireplace in stone & she wants me to make a mantle to match. The mantle needs to be about 3 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 80". I could glue up wood to get the required thickness, but, on this mantle, the ends will show & that wouldn't look right, so…
I'm looking for a source where I could get thick, wide, & clear SYP. Small, tight knots would be OK but I can't have any bark inclusion or loose knots. And, of course, it needs to be dry.
Anyone know of a source for something like that?