Is Purple heart Purple?

Contact with air and sunlight will bring the color back

A lot of woods like Purpleheart and Cherry will benefit from a day out in the sun after the work is done but before finishing.

It will get darker as it ages regardless of what finish you use. It’s a beautiful wood.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

mainly contact with sunlight or if that isn’t available then use a fourescent shoplight. i think it’s the UV rays that make it change color but definitely expose it to light before you put a finish on it.

~isaac

-- Isaac, "It's no coincidence that Jesus was a lumberjock too"

Thanks everyone, looks like my project has a date with the sun.
Tom

-- Tom, East Granby, CT