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I just spent a lot of time finishing a curly maple project. I finally came up with a formula: two coats of aniline dye (sanding between coats); then four coats of lacquer. Yet an old project of mine made with hard maple, I found it easier to get the maple to "pop". For that project it was one dye coat, followed by two lacquer coat. Is hard
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I am working on a large project, made up entirely of curly maple. So far my finishing results (on wood scraps) have been disappointing (more about that later). The maple I ordered was from Ohio. Is it possible that my efforts to bring out the "pop"/"chatoyancy" in the figure would be better achieved with a different type of figured
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I am making a credenza out of curly maple for a friend. The maple, is expensive but oh so spectacular! I want to put a finish on the credenza that is worthy of the wood, but so far my efforts have produced dissappointing results. On scraps from cut-offs I have: 1) sanded to 220 grit; 2) applied Zinsser Bulls Eye Seal coat: 3) applied TransTint dye
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I am fine-tuning my Dewalt 735 thickness planer so that I can build a credenza for a friend, made almost entirely of highly figured curly maple (“luthier quality”). Obviously, the thickness planer needs to be tuned as good as I can get it. I have studied John White’s Care and Repair of Shop Machines (Taunton Books) and its chapter