On Saturday 24 November 2012 00:58:18 Steve Blackmore did opine: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:07:41 -0500, you wrote: > >I read that as needing an additional coat or 3 of marine spar varnish > >on top for its additional UV protection. Eventually it will be so > >amber colored the wood will be hidden, which isn't exactly what I'd > >desire. > > Not just the finish - Problem with wood is it changes colour by itself. > I've got some nice maple here for guitar bodies and necks. It darkens on > it's own. Doesn't matter what finish you use, the colour will change > over time. Some woods and finishes lighten under UV, some darken. Look > at any old furniture, drop or sliding leaf tables show it particularly > well, Walnut and Mahogany darken, Oak goes gray. > > I've got some nice spalted Sycamore that I used on the back of my > Thinline Telecaster I made and it's darkened quite a bit in only 4 years > and it never sees daylight - It's either in a case or in a bar :) The > off cuts have darkened too, so it's not just the Nitro finish. > > Steve Blackmore
That should have made an interesting piece. How does the spalting appear to have effected its strength and sound? The white oak I have that has spalted is generally surface only, disappearing with only a pass or two across the jointer. But the one small maple log I cut up a year ago was spalted 3" into it full length of the log, and quite pithy in the darker streaks so I've not tried to use it for anything structural at all. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a > single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, > vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Ask not for whom the <CONTROL-G> tolls. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
