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TrimTheKing wrote:Hi John
Where did you get it from? To me that looks very much like some mass produced pieces we have that come from the East somewhere, made in, I believe, Mango. The colour variations are masked by the finish but I would lay money that is what it is, and also not old, but that's a guess.
In terms of a finish to keep the colour, there are loads of clear finishes available but a go to one round here is Osmo PolyX which is tough and clear.
I'm sure others will be along soon with more ideas.
Mike G wrote:All the common woodworking waxes are fine. Wax obviously isn't resistant to water, tea/ coffee etc, so just be a little careful with how you use this piece of furniture in future. That said, I'd go for wax over Osmo, which I've taken quite a dislike to recently (and boy, the price!!).
Moteyi wrote:Just to clarify my above post, I have used osmo polyx on dozens of pieces of furniture for numerous customers and have never had any problems. It is only the osmo raw I've had an issue with on white beech. I would never use anything other than osmo on my furniture with the exception of drawer boxes which I spray with a waterbourne lacquer from morrells.
RogerM wrote:Moteyi wrote:Just to clarify my above post, I have used osmo polyx on dozens of pieces of furniture for numerous customers and have never had any problems. It is only the osmo raw I've had an issue with on white beech. I would never use anything other than osmo on my furniture with the exception of drawer boxes which I spray with a waterbourne lacquer from morrells.
Interesting Moteyi. When you used the Osmo Raw on beech, how many coats did you apply? I'm looking at a finish for a Birds Eye Maple table at the moment and I was considering one coat of Osmo Raw to maintain the pale look, and then finishing with 2 very thin coats of Osmo Top Oil. A test piece shows this combo darkens the wood significantly less than Top Oil on its own. On the other hand, Osmo Raw absolutely killed the lovely honey brown colour of Cherry, leaving it looking slightly milky compared to Osmo Top Oil on its own. .
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