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First attempt at fuming oak. Found out all about sapwood and no tannins-no color. This was made from QSWO so i might not have even caught the sapwood had i been looking for it. As has been posted on here many times, the lessons are in the projects. After trying every fumed oak dye known to man in an attempt to blend the white sapwood, i dyed the whole box. FWIW, diluted transtint mission brown was the closest i got. Will know better next time. A small project like this was perfect training ground for fuming.
Paul
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tenontim
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posted 199 days ago
Nice job, Paul. You’re right, I don’t think there is a color that accurately matches fumed oak. If I manage to let some sap wood in, I just leave it for character. I have several plans for Bungalow mailboxes, but now that I’ve built my bungalow style house, my mail man doesn’t get any closer than the street, so I had to build a Craftsman style mailbox post. Oh, well.
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a1Jim
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posted 199 days ago
Hey Paul
That’s a real beauty well done
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degoose
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posted 199 days ago
Paul I see my next cutting board in the design on the front,, thanks for the inspiration,,I like the colour combo!
Larry
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posted 192 days ago
Hey this is fanTASTIC! This would go great with my little 1940’s house!
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