wet sanding contrasting timber

[Frithy]

hey all

i'm going to be finishing a box soon, and it has two types of timber - blue gum with silver ash binding.

i was going to finish with danish oil, wet sanding up the grits etc... but it just occurred to me that the slurry from the blue gum might darken the silver ash

does anyone have any experience/ideas etc with this? if this is going to be a problem, any ideas on getting round it/alternative ways of finishing?

cheers
dave

[echnidna]

I've done a bit of redgum and messmate which suffer from that problem.
So I seal them with sanding sealer and lacquer finish them.

I just finished a couple of redgum/spotted gum kitchen bench tops and just built up a finish with cabots water clear floor finish, looking good though needs more coats still.

[Frithy]

yeah, think i'll go down the lacquer path..... or maybe just buff the DO rather than wet sand then finish off with some EEE/wax.....

i'll try out some test pieces...

Cheers
Dave

[AlexS]

Your fears are well founded - the SA will look dirty. Seal with shellac first and all will be sweet.