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   md2453 | Jul 15, 2009 10:52pm | #1

   Will:

   I's crying to be shipped to our shop!  It misses the mountains that's all. 

   Madison

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   gofigure57 | Jul 16, 2009 04:09am | #2

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   davcefai | Jul 16, 2009 07:42am | #3

   Sapele colours vary from pink to brown. I think one can safely assume that this is due to the proportions of different pigments. The acetone is dissolving a pink pigment out of the wood.

   If this causes a problem you might want to try another solvent. Alcohol and mineral spirits should also remove oils but might not dissolve the pigment - or they may dissolve other pigments instead!

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   WillGeorge | Jul 18, 2009 10:06pm | #4

   Sapele colors vary from pink to brown....

   Thanks.. Mine is what I would call .. I have no idea how to describe it. A medium brown and very straight grain. It is quarter sawn and approximately 14 inches wide by 5 foot long. Just under one inch thick. I have five 'sticks' of it left over..

   The other 'sticks' were about 8 foot long and approximately 11 inches wide.. Maybe from the same tree but the skinnier ones from a bit up higher than the wider ones I purchased...

   That wood was EXPENSIVE!

   I asked the question because if I wipe most woods with Acetone, the rag is usually a muddy color of the original wood color. #after removing all the dust I can get off of it#..

   With my Sapele I end up with a light color pink stain on the rag..

   My brain a bit different? YES! I know it is.. Makes me... ME!

   I just wondered about that very noticeable pink stain and not muddied to black or gray...Very light color of pink.

    

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   davcefai | Jul 19, 2009 07:13am | #5

   Just for kicks you might want to try a little acid and alkali (baking soda, caustic..) on different spots of the rag. You might get a colour change if the pink dye is an anthocyanin. (Think Litmus).