In article , "Mike Lewis" wrote:

hmmm ... I did my kitchen cabinets in Cherry this past winter. I'm getting a
significant darkening in just a few months. Me thinks that 50-75 years is a
bit exagerated for the wait period. In the 6 months that I have had the
cabinets up in the kitchen I have gotten a very satisfying darkening.

Yep, I agree -- 50 to 75 *weeks* is more than enough to see a considerable,
and very pleasing, deep rich color. An (approx) 18-yo cherry bookcase in my
living room hasn't become discernibly darker in the last eight to ten years.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.