Rick Johnston
01-12-2016, 5:26 PM
My project is only 10 square feet. I'm building a wall shelf unit to match one from a couple of years ago. At the time I used soft maple and it was a very light colored wood - almost a blonde look. I finished it with satin - Arm r Seal.
I sorted through boards at my wood supplier and could not find a couple of boards that were light enough. I don't care really whether is hard or soft maple - the light color is all that matters. All his boards were more the traditional light beige tone.
This is the same supplier I got the original shelf material from - but that was a year ago.
I was thinking about driving 70 miles to another supplier to check out his stock. I'm not too optimistic about finding what I need there either - but you don't know until you look.
I'm considering bleaching. Before I read much about it, I tried clorox and hydrogen peroxide on a scrap piece. That did nothing. After more reading, only two part solution especially for such purposes work.
I found a Zinsser wood bleach product online at Menards. 1/2 pint for less that 10 dollars. The local store his it in stock.
Before I buy it and experiment, I wonder if it's likely this will be the solution to my wood color??? I"ve read where the color removes the wood grain background. I'm not interested in a white piece of paper - just a light toned/blonde look with the wood grain still showing.
Rick
I sorted through boards at my wood supplier and could not find a couple of boards that were light enough. I don't care really whether is hard or soft maple - the light color is all that matters. All his boards were more the traditional light beige tone.
This is the same supplier I got the original shelf material from - but that was a year ago.
I was thinking about driving 70 miles to another supplier to check out his stock. I'm not too optimistic about finding what I need there either - but you don't know until you look.
I'm considering bleaching. Before I read much about it, I tried clorox and hydrogen peroxide on a scrap piece. That did nothing. After more reading, only two part solution especially for such purposes work.
I found a Zinsser wood bleach product online at Menards. 1/2 pint for less that 10 dollars. The local store his it in stock.
Before I buy it and experiment, I wonder if it's likely this will be the solution to my wood color??? I"ve read where the color removes the wood grain background. I'm not interested in a white piece of paper - just a light toned/blonde look with the wood grain still showing.
Rick