Here's my latest project, a new dining table. The top and base are resawed zebra wood, with inlays of ziricote along the bottom edges, the legs are spalted maple with black and turquoise inlays in the grooves.
Thats one really nice looking dining table. You did a fantastic job… The matching grain adds a lot.
I made my dining table out of Zebrawood a little over a year ago and it was one of my favorite projects. Everyone loves Zebrawood..
That is one of the most beautiful tables ever! Both the zebrawood and the spalted maple are gorgeous. I have a lot of trouble finishing zebrawood as mine seems to have areas that are VERY porous that just soak up finish like a sponge. Any tips for this problem?
Thanks for the complement! I have done several projects in zebra. I too, have had some issues with it, but for the most part, the store that I get most of my woods from,has a good selection of zebra that you can pick from and pick pieces with relatively tight grain. As far as grain filling, I have had the best luck on zebra with Old Masters natural color grain filler. I will warn you though, pay extremely close attention to the directions. And definitely use the burlap like they suggest, or you can end up with a really gooey mess! If you are going to stain, ( which I can rarely think of a reason to stain zebra,) I have also just used a coat or two of minwax sanding sealer, sand, stain, and then used zebra sawdust mixed with whatever finish I am going to use for the top coats. this has a tendency to be dark, and may take 2 or 3 attempts to get totally filled, but on zebra, it seems to blend in ok. Mix it fairly thick, and just work it into the grain, let cure and sand. Let me know how it works out!!