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   peter28 | Feb 15, 2007 05:17am | #1

   outyonder,

   I'm looking forward to it too. The Georgia Woodworkers Guild is certainly a class act and have been great to work with.

   By the time you get done trying to match maple to the walnut you'll wish you used walnut. If you were looking for a substitute, mahogany would serve you well. Another would be Red Gum, long used by furniture manufacturers to simulate walnut. It is a porous wood and has similar grain patterns.

   When I match colors, I always reach for dyes. Their clarity and transparency are unmatched by a stain alone. Personally, I prefer water dyes. Just be sure and raise the grain and sand it before applying a water dye. You can follow this with a stain if you'd like to deepen the color and also develop the pores.

   For a finish I would recommend shellac. It's easy to apply and will cure in a relatively short time. Stay away from an oil finish as it will smell for a long time if the cabinet is enclosed. Does this cabinet have doors or is it open?

   If you can show me a picture of the color you are trying to match on March 3rd I'll see if we can come up with a plan.

   See you soon,

   Peter

    

    

    

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   outyonder | Feb 15, 2007 03:02pm | #2

   Thank you for your responce, yes the display cabinet will have doors to keep people from handling the objects inside. 

   I'll use shellac for the finish.

   I will look a my qoute again an see if I can use walnut instead of going through labor cost of trying to make some other wood  look like walnut. As some one said "bite the bullet and buy walnut."

   thank you

   Don