I’m working on a cherry Limbert two door bookcase. I read somewhere a while ago that setting your photosensitive cherry boards out in the sun for a while before finishing is good for something. I’ve got all my bookcase parts laying out in the sun right now, about an hour a side. I feel like I should go out there with a bottle of SPF 15. Anyway, I’m doing it because It sounds like a good idea to “pre-tan” my cherry but why am I doing this?
Jeffrey
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You're getting a bit of instant aging to knock the salmon pink newness off. Most cherry furniture is set inside and is covered in a polish of some sort which tends to inhibit the effect of UV rays, etc., even if the polish is not specifically designed for that purpose. And the very fact that the piece is indoors, it's usually somewhat sheltered from direct sunlight for the rest of its life. Given enough time- 80 or 100 years or so, cherry furniture naturally turns a rich reddy brown via the effects of light (UV) and oxidisation. You're just getting the first year or so's darkening that would occur if you polished the freshly prepared timber, and put the piece in your house, or wherever. Slainte.
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