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   john_c2 | Oct 13, 2021 07:20pm | #1

   I find nothing to like about it. The only thing it has going for it is the initial purple color.

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   user-7624188 | Oct 14, 2021 08:22pm | #2

   Indeed. It is a temporarily beautiful purple, over-priced hardwood.

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   fivebirdscustom | Oct 15, 2021 02:09am | #3

   It is very hard, very brittle and has a tough, wavy grain.

   But, I built a keepsake box for my wife fifteen plus years ago. It's still purple inside and out.

   It was finished with either General Finishes waterborne poly, or one of the ones from the big box stores. Definitely water borne, though. It has no yellow to it at all.

   Now that I think about it, I have a piece of scrap from that box... I just moved it around in the shop a week ago. It's still purple too, with no finish on it all this time. Maybe I got a good piece? Dunno. I know that neither has been left in direct sunlight.... But, other than that, I can't think of anything I did to them that was special.

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   rob_ss | Oct 15, 2021 03:22am | #4

   Purpleheart is brown when first cut, developing it's purple colour over a short time, then fading back to brown in the very long term.
   Don't throw it out yet.

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   user-6637969 | Oct 18, 2021 07:59pm | #5

   Not every pc I’ve had lost its colour some definitely do. When a fresher board is first cut it tends to not have a lot of purple. The picture is of a single board after it went through the resaw, the purple pc got hot from the blade rubbing the light pc stayed cool. Eventually they settled to the same colour….it’s an interesting wood

   
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   john_c2 | Oct 18, 2021 10:09pm | #6

   Interesting.

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   user-7167239 | Nov 17, 2021 06:20pm | #7

   What I have learned with purpleheart is the purple is actually the oil in the wood and if you apply heat it will restore the purple color or bring it to the surface. As for keeping it purple I am not sure the best finish. This may not work if it is really old and dried out but it may be worth a shot!