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   Pondfish | Apr 28, 2005 01:24pm | #1

   Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba) takes a finish quite nicely.  I've had good luck with lacquer, shellac and oil/varnish.  Jatoba is very hard, so scrape or sand well before finishing, whatever you do choose.

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   aw1410 | Apr 29, 2005 02:08am | #2

   Many thanks for the reply, it does seem like a beautiful wood. Heavy and, as I said, somewhat coarse grained but have been reading an interesting article about using pumice stone and boiled linseed oil to fill it. Maybe I will try some of that this weekend.
   Dennis

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   BG | Apr 29, 2005 02:38am | #3

   Dennis,
   You can use the pumice or just sand using BLO...working up to finer grits with additional applications of the BLO. 

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   aw1410 | Apr 29, 2005 02:49pm | #4

   Thanks, will give it a shot this weekend.

   Dennis