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Mike G wrote:You need about 6 or 8 weeks to see the differences emerge, Andy. Longer, perhaps. I predict that the oils will both start looking naff at about the same rate. I made some seriously pricey bits of furniture for Liberty of London in the 90s.......oiled ash. I had to visit a few months later to do a repair to one, and it was embarrassing. A stale urine colour......browny orange.
AndyT wrote:Meanwhile, I need to get on with drawing and deciding on the exact details of construction and dimensions. It's something I don't really enjoy doing but I do understand how it's much easier to rub out a pencil line and draw it again than it is to stretch a piece of wood to make it longer or wider.
pitch pine wrote:About 12 years ago I made some ash shelves for my living room. I heeded the warnings from others about it yellowing with some oil finishes and just used a sanding sealer (can't remember which one) to finish them. They have gone a nice light brown, just darker than a rich tea biscuit. I think since I put them up they have had a little furniture polish or wax (without colour). Is this darkening the effect of UV on the timber?
Pete Maddex wrote:
You can get Rubber wood...
Pete
Cabinetman wrote:Andy, might be illustrative to put a bit of tape on the treated bits as well?
AndyT wrote: Steve, I'm sure you could knock up one easily with all your machinery and jigs.
AndyT wrote:Picking up on some of the other comments and previous projects, thanks again for all of these.
John - one thing I need to decide is whether to have a mattress-depth gap at the top, like you have, or add another cross-rail, or bring the slats all the way down. Now that you have used yours for a while, how do you find it? Is the gap useful for bed making or do you wish it had been filled in a bit?
Andy Kev. wrote:Andy,
out of interest, have you worked out how much this bed is going to weigh? I've only ever made a small cupboardy thing out of ash and I've always been surprised by how hefty it is.
I wonder if bed frame + mattress etc. might add up to an awful lot. I know that one doesn't habitually shove beds around but every now and then you end up hoovering under them.
Andy.
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