All,
I don’t have any idea how fuming impacts brown oak and I thought maybe some of you have tried it before. Here’s the situation: I downloaded the plans for the 18″ round A&C end table because I had some scrap oak. I finished one unit about 2 weeks ago with shellac and then wipe on varnish. Its all white oak, natural color.
The second unit base is brown oak, I think. It’s brown with black streaks…not much fleck…and the top is white oak. I intended to go dark with this piece….either fume or stain/shellac/gel stain/varnish. Now I’m looking at the contrast between the woods and kinda like that too. I’m thinking if I fume the base may not be impacted but instead the top will match the base. I know…test, test, test…but I don’t want to buy the fuming stuff and go through the process without having any sense that it’ll look okay. Any thoughts?