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(todd the wood junkie) wrote in
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"Rumpty" wrote in message
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Cherry looks so nice all by itself, there is nothing I would
suggest stainwise to improve upon what nature did here. Maybe a
little tung oil to pop the grain, and a topcoat of shellac/wax.

If your customer or your wife wants dark cherry, you really need to
learn how to stain cherry!

Dark cherry? Is there any other kind? That's where it all ends up
anyway. That's why god invented the "ultra violet" section of the
spectrum of light.

And if you don't want to wait on natural light, you can always use ~1/2
tsp of lye to 1 cup of water. Darkens it as far as it will ever go in
about 10 seconds. The bad news is that all cherry won't get to the same
level of darness so you need to do this early and match your pieces. The
good news is that if you sand through the darkened wood you just have to
re-apply the lye mixture. It darkens up the light wood and leaves the
already darkened wood with no change. I've done 2 beds this way and it
looks beautiful.