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   HowardAcheson | Dec 09, 2003 07:22am | #1

   Anything that darken Cherry will affect some areas of a board differently from others. It's the nature of the wood. You can tell if the board will splotch by wiping on some mineral spirits. This will temperarily darken the wood and preveiw how it will look when you apply an linseed oil/varnish product like T&T.

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   Arby | Dec 23, 2003 06:06am | #2

   Any oil or oil based finish will make chery more blotchy!  If you must fiddle with the color, use analine dyes and then seal with pale shellac.  Then you can keep on building with shellac or switch to some other finish.

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   user-5880422 | Dec 23, 2003 07:38am | #3

   I've used it on cherry, came out great. Really rub it in to get the temperature up.

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   AlanMikkelsen | Dec 23, 2003 08:52am | #4

   IMHO, T&T oil varnish is highly overrated.  I used a can of it on various projects and went back to mixing my own Maloof-type finish.  Goes on with much less effort and dries much faster.Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934,  Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT

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   user-5880422 | Dec 23, 2003 09:12am | #5

   yeah, I think it's over-hyped as well. But I had a can of it and decided to try it out on my router table, which had cherry drawer faces (scrap pieces... I'm not into making furniture for the shop). It came out pretty nice, but like I said, you really need to rub it in and get the oil warm. I don't think I've used the T&T since then, but my router table still looks great.

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   wgsdvm | Dec 23, 2003 04:25pm | #6

   Yes,

   I used T&T on a chest of draws I compelted just recnetly.  The key is warm the T&T before applciation, apply trhin coats, le #### soak in for 1 hours, and rub, rub, rub!!

   Some, better woodworkers that I am for sure, have different opinons on it but I like it. 

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   jako17 | Dec 23, 2003 04:51pm | #7

   I tried and trued on  scraps It took forever to dry even in the thinest coats but the temperature in the shop is 63 so that may be the problem. Also the blotching I found unacceptable.In the end I went back to the devil I know and sprayed pre-cat and cut the gloss back.Thanks for the help guys.