a couple of small planks and a closeup (after sanding, the patina and some grime came off --- see below)
a couple of small planks and a closeup (after sanding, the patina and some grime came off --- see below)
cut sections from the same set of planks as those above this set. The planks as shown originally had a layer of grime and some patina and the pics directly above are of freshly sanded pieces. The first and last pic each have slightly too much yellow. The wood is quite white and the true color is more accurately represented by the 3rd pic.
end grain closeups of two of the small planks shown above
small plank and end grain
end grain closeup of the piece directly above --- fairly fine-sanded but I did not get off the deep vertical sanding marks from the first coarse sanding.
both sides of a plank --- colors are very accurate --- the dark discoloration is blue stain.
planks and end grain --- this was cut from the larger piece above to show the blue stain up close
end grain closeup of the two pieces directly above --- the blue stain shows on the left of both pieces
side grain of the same two pieces --- the blue stain shows up very nicely on the upper piece and is completely absent from this face of the lower piece
planks --- this pic adds a slight red tint that is not present in the wood
planks --- the pic on the left has a red tint that it should not have; the pic on the right is very accurate in color
veneer
long veneer piece and a closeup of same; the yellow color in the distance pic is not correct --- the closeup has the correct color
two veneer pieces from the same long sheet (not the same as the one above, but the same as each other). The section that the first piece is from had some mottle and a slight curl and reflected the flashbulb in a way that makes the wood look more shiny than it really is. The surface texture of the first piece is identical to the second piece, it's just that the first piece has, as I said, some mottle and curl, and neither one is really shiny the way they show up here.
veneer sheet and closeup --- colors are accurate and so is the sheen
veneer --- yellowish color is accurate
veneer --- tan color is accurate
This veneer sheet was loaned to me by John Koehn whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
web pics:
planks
a thick plank listed as "variagated"
turning stock
figured planks
fiddleback scales
veneer --- the green color is bogus; the pics that are green are all from a vendor who somehow makes most woods look green regardless of their actual color.
figured veneer
listed as "figured" veneer but I don't see much figure, other than the flat cut cathedral grain.
fiddleback veneer
veneer all from the same vendor
veneer sheet closeups that all have both levels of enlargement
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