Woodworking #32- Pop Goes the Maple

In this episode, I put the finish on the pencil holder. But its not just any finish. Since we are working with a beautiful curly maple, I think the finish deserves a little extra specia attention. Learn how to pop the grain.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• maple
• dye
• pop
• grain
• whisperer
• woodworking
• finishing

[drason69]

very nice!

ok, as you may have noticed by my 'icon/avitar/ picture thingy' im working a gun project. a blunderbuss to be "spacific"...i do NOT want to shell out huge $ to get aquafortis to give this curly maple stock what it actually deserves. any suggetions for yet another guy on a budget? (ive considered using birchwoodcasey gun blueing, since it has nitric acid in it, but not sure of concentration and how the cupric acid would work out) thanks :)

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@drason69 that's a bit out of my wheel house. But the methods shown in this video are fairly inexpensive. Should work quite will with any curly stock.

[pantface1]

could I use the Oil/Varnish recipe to finish a chest of drawers? if so is it ok to use on the top where it will take the most abuse? Thanks

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@pantface1 sure. Its not the most protective finish but for most interior furniture it should be ok.

[K22productions]

now i want to make a cutting board... but i cant sand the top because of the stain so i didnt want to use stain. but im also on a budget for a dark wood. any ideas

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@K22productions Well I definitely wouldn't use a stain on anything food-related. Walnut is probably your best bet, but that's not going to be very budget friendly unfortunately.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

Well nothing special if you already know it. But I would guess that most folks, like me, did NOT take wood shop. Also, I agree that a darker dye would give a more intense pop.  But that's not what I was going for. I wanted mind to be a bit more subtle.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@Callanbassplayer Only if the stain is alcohol soluble.

[81DeathPunch]

Did you say "jatoba" for the dark wood? I am currently building a guitar out of jatoba I have left over from a secretariat I built... Extremely heavy, dense wood.... Will have a quilted maple top that I will pop with black leather dye, sand, and then stain either blue or green....

[wheelnut53]

every time I watch I learn a little more . finally You Tube has a purpose

[wheelnut53]

Thanks I googled my way here and just in time I was going to use a gas torch to scorch my plywood so glad I saw this much simpler and cheaper

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@K22productions well, you might try something like alder with a little stain or dye. Looks just like walnut when its colored properly.