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Craig D Peltier
03-10-2011, 10:33 AM
I need to choose two woods that best match the actual door and the oval inlay. Im not concerned about the string inlay.
It appears to be a mahogany. Its an ethan allen piece. My thoughts are the wood is orange-ish and khaya and sapele is too red, it has the grain quality of patina honduran but not the color , I think. Customer wants a close match but not perfect unless can be. So what type of wood is orangey or has grain pattern that I can have it dyed or stain matched that the base wood is light enough to do so.
I was thinking the center to be jatoba but against mahogany you wont see as much contrast as this.

Thanks


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Craig D Peltier
03-10-2011, 6:37 PM
No opinions? Cmon this board is usually full of them :)

Danny Hamsley
03-10-2011, 7:23 PM
This may be crazy, but if you could find some sap walnut the grain would be pretty similar and you could dye it to a very good match. Most people do not like sapwood in walnut, but it can be a good thing sometimes. Another option would be quartersawn pecan or hickory to match the grain of the mahogany.