Team,
Anyone here use sun exposure to darken photoreactive woods like cherry and the various mahoganies?
I have a couple segmented turnings that are the first segmented ones I have ever done, and want to darken the cherry and Sapele I used. A few hours of direct sunlight will definitely work.
But I fear cracking the wood from thermal expansion. These are made from ash, white oak, cherry, Sapele. I live in Charleston SC so sunlight exposure here can be quite brutal.
Doing "just a little at a time" is nearly impossible for me. I am usually gone all day for work, most days a week and my yard is all shade by the time I get home lol. Which is nice, but I can't leave these things outside all day.
Any experiences to share here I can learn from?
Anyone here use sun exposure to darken photoreactive woods like cherry and the various mahoganies?
I have a couple segmented turnings that are the first segmented ones I have ever done, and want to darken the cherry and Sapele I used. A few hours of direct sunlight will definitely work.
But I fear cracking the wood from thermal expansion. These are made from ash, white oak, cherry, Sapele. I live in Charleston SC so sunlight exposure here can be quite brutal.
Doing "just a little at a time" is nearly impossible for me. I am usually gone all day for work, most days a week and my yard is all shade by the time I get home lol. Which is nice, but I can't leave these things outside all day.
Any experiences to share here I can learn from?