Is this a normal veneer pattern? Black walnut
Megan Helgren
6 years ago
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Comments (3)Thanks! I can tell it is not walnut. I have a lot of walnut, so I am familiar with the grain pattern. I was hoping the surface closeup would show the grain pattern better, but it is so dark. Once I get the rim gunk off I should be able to tell if the top is veneered. Right now it does not look like it. The grain is quite wide apart. I was thinking the same thing about Restore-a-finish. I have only tried the Formby's product, but was guessing they might work in a similar way. Chibimimi, I have never heard of sweetgum! That is interesting. I have an old pie safe that had a dark obscuring stain. I tried stripping it, but the stain was soaked in so thoroughly it stayed dark. I wonder if that was sweetgum too. A long time ago I used Watco stripper and some product that had a hardening resin in with the oil. I really liked it. It gave a wonderful finish. Maybe that was the Rejuvenating Oil. I will have to keep my eyes open....See Morewhat kind of walnut countertops
Comments (6)American black walnut is what you see the most of, although ipe, aka "Brazillian walnut" has been used by some. It's VERY VERY hard though, especially compared to American black walnut's relative softness, so it's more difficult to work with and usually has a higher labor charge as a consequence. American black walnut is a premium species, so commands a pretty high price by itself. Also, you will need to decide if this is a worktop, or a pretty top. End grain with an oil finish is recommended if you want to cut on the surface, and face grain or veneer with a more durable cabinet grade finish is what is recommended if you want something pretty, but mostly just to place objects on it. The really pretty grain pattern walnut pieces that you see are typically veneered, and possibly bookmatched if the piece is a showpiece....See MoreAntique walnut table?
Comments (38)Gotta love eBay descriptions... "Ring mark on it that adds to its beauty." Yeah, riiiiiight. "One leaf has a hole in it." But I'm not gonna tell you where it is or how big it is. Stick a dandelion in it and no one will know it wasn't intentionally built that way. No question about it, the one near you could be better. This one is only about an hour away from me, but I'm not offering to look at it for you sometime this afternoon or tomorrow. I will be set up at Brimfield on May 9 and if you were to buy it I could certainly pick it up and hold it for you until then... but you shouldn't do that. You shouldn't even think about it. Think about trying to buy the one near you, the one we've been talking about, for that same kind of money (which I think is a whole lot more realistic than the $600 asking price for the one near you). Or the leaves for the Cherry table that you already own, the one that lindac92 likes. Either one makes more sense, unless, of course, you've never been to the Brimfield week and always wanted to see what it was like. "Madhouse and circus" rolled into one is what comes to mind, along with lots of vintage and antique stuff, too....See MoreHow to accentuate the natural grain of walnut cabinets?
Comments (16)A woodworker and carpenter still is not a cabinet maker. A cabinet maker has mastered finishing in their shop. With modern dyes, and modern 2K finishes. Having that crappalicious terrible quality piece as a goal should be pretty low down on the list of goals. It used “rustic” rejects as a feature, instead of putting them in the scrap heap. LOL... cabinet making is fairly remedial for a woodworker and probably for a finish carpenter, if that carpenter has the necessary tools. An amateur level woodworker could produce cabinets that are just as well made as any cabinet shop. They will not produce them as quickly and they will not produce them as efficiently, but their quality will be as good or better. You are comparing a painter to an artist and claiming that experience in painting a house equates to a better understanding of color. It doesn't. You could probably make a legit claim that a cabinet maker will have the edge on a woodworker for paints, but that reverses for wood grains. I don't know any woodworker who would struggle to get walnut to pop. If I had time I would just go old school and pop it with LSO. If I had less time I would do an LSO and Poly mix. If I needed the grain to pop and had labor but no time, I would hit it with a dark dye and light sand-off. If I had no time I would just hit it with an orange dye. It is finishing that way because it was kiln dried rather than air dried and there are a thousand ways that experienced woodworkers fix kiln dried before finishing, but all experienced woodworkers fix kiln dried. ETA: You are not going to get the cathedral effect from quarter sawn Walnut, but that is either a picture taken with a softening filter active on the camera or kiln dried Walnut that no one thought to fix....See Morergalla1212
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