Forum topic by George Garvin | posted 04-12-2019 03:29 PM | 1031 views | 0 times favorited | 20 replies | ![]() |
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04-12-2019 03:29 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: wood species id question Hi all, |
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#1 posted 04-12-2019 03:45 PM |
Looks like walnut, do you know if it’s been stained or is that the natural color with just a clear finish on it? |
#2 posted 04-12-2019 03:58 PM |
All wood has variation, even within the same species. Likewise no two humans are identical. The best you can hope for is to minimize the differences in grain figure and tone. -- You know, this site doesn't require woodworking skills, but you should know how to write. |
#3 posted 04-12-2019 03:58 PM |
+1 on the walnut. -- Half of what we read or hear about finishing is right. We just don’t know which half! — Bob Flexner |
#4 posted 04-12-2019 04:33 PM |
The best you can hope for is to minimize the differences in grain figure and tone. It helps to start with the same species. |
#5 posted 04-12-2019 04:36 PM |
Looks like Maple stained to look like walnut. If it’s a manufactured piece then the color might have be in the finish. -- Aj |
#6 posted 04-12-2019 04:56 PM |
Wood has variation within the same board. So what’s your point? -- Half of what we read or hear about finishing is right. We just don’t know which half! — Bob Flexner |
#7 posted 04-12-2019 05:25 PM |
What does the end grain look like? What ever the wood species, it looks like lumber was cut from smaller tree(s), and it is #2 common grade with all the defects. The 4th and 5th images appear rift sawn, rest are flat sawn. Hard to not suggest black walnut (BW)? Best Luck! -- If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all, Doom, despair, agony on me… - Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign released 1967 |
#8 posted 04-12-2019 05:33 PM |
Ok, thanks. To answer
It’s a desaturated image of the finished wood. The actual finish appears to be a tinted lacquer that is brownish with a slight orange/amber hue. |
#9 posted 04-12-2019 05:36 PM |
Ok, I was kind of thinking walnut also, but I wasn’t sure and didn’t want to skew anyone’s opinion by suggesting what I thought it might be. But all of your valued opinions about it being walnut makes me feel confident enough walnut is the species to go with for the piece I’m building, which is a large hutch/bookcase. Thanks very much! |
#10 posted 04-12-2019 05:45 PM |
Not trying to make a joke, but We have 2 commercial shops in town that use alder 99% of time as it is dirt cheap. Alder defects are not usually as dark, and figure is much less noticeable then BW; but it could be what you have. Drill a small hole and check for cream colored wood softer than cherry. -- If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all, Doom, despair, agony on me… - Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign released 1967 |
#11 posted 04-12-2019 10:59 PM |
Black Walnut 100% -- Lj's...The place to post what you had for breakfast and then do your utter best to complicate the hell out of the simplest of questions. |
#12 posted 04-13-2019 01:28 AM |
As someone who uses walnut and alder stained with GF Antique Walnut gel stain, that definitely looks like walnut to me. Alder stained won’t have the pronounced grain patterns or the variation between heart and sap woods. Here is stained alder(dark cause in laundry room shelf) |
#13 posted 04-13-2019 01:38 AM |
The three middle pics with all the distress marks don’t look natural to me. I can see what ever satin or toners they used stuck in every defect. -- Aj |
#14 posted 04-13-2019 02:37 AM |
Yes, I believe you hit the nail on the head. Alder is too even-grained to pull this off; the wood in the photos has very pronounced short, dark grain striations all throughout. At first, I thought it could also have been something like African Mahogany, but I think walnut is the deal here. |
#15 posted 04-13-2019 02:39 AM |
If you’ve ever used medium or dark walnut danish oil on walnut without grain filler, it does that, fills grain with blackish specs. |
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