Hello everybody.
I’m making a chair for a client who has very dark stained furniture throughout her house. However I’m personally not a fan of staining for a variety of reasons. So I showed her some pictures of wenge, which is a pretty perfect match to her existing pieces.
The design will require some very stout stock, 10/4 or 12/4 even and I’m having difficulty sourcing any wenge over 8/4. Moreover it’s super expensive and apparently quite difficult to work with. Rough on blades, etc. NB: I have personally never used the stuff, so if I’m wrong on any of these points please let me know.
My favorite and most commonly used lumber is walnut. And I got a Couple of huge 12/4 boards recently that I was hoping to use for this job until she said it wasn't dark enough. So I’m Thinking about ebonIzing The walnut. However, I don’t want it to look black, but just super dark brown — Like wenge. What are thoughts/experience with this sort of thing? Alternative methods, materials, lumber/techniques?
Thank you in advance. I look forward To the excellent suggestions I always receive from this community.