Rosewood?

[wattcoffee]

Hi I have heard a couple of things about rosewood that concern me.

Apparently it's oily and I need to be carefull of what to put on it. Is this correct? And if it's correct what should I use?

[wheelinround]

Yes it is oily

which type of Rosewood???

What type of product is it bowl, table

I have used mainly oil type finishes for NSW Rosewood bowls Macadamia oil, or a home brew friction polish. Or even U-Beaut's

For WOP you'll need to use a quick wipe first of Metho or similar to dry out the surface area of oil.

Ray

[TTIT]

My (current) favorite finish for NSW Rosewood (AKA Rose mahogany - dysoxylum fraseranum) is 3 coats of wipe-on poly but I don't worry about the pre-wipe like Wheelin' - just give the first coat plenty of time to dry and it's sweet.
Danish oil will give you a beautiful patina on it but the buffing takes forever and my elbows just aren't that good anymore

[wattcoffee]

it's NG rosewood and it's for a chessboard

[TTIT]

it's NG rosewood and it's for a chessboard

Aha! Different story altogether. I've only ever used Poly on NG rosewood and it's stood the test of time very well. You might want to hit it with a sanding sealer to fill the open pores first, depending on the quality of the boards you've got.

[wheelinround]

Used New Guinea Rosewood for turning it is very oily timber needs either a flood of metho or at worst use acetone

I use oil finishes or U-beauts or wax as above have also done WOP but do a first coat or sanding sealer first. such as shelac

[Sebastiaan56]

Ive sucessfully used Shellac and Tru Oil on NGR. I cant imagine any finish not sticking to it.

[kiwigeo]

I french polish over Indian Rosewood on my acoustic guitars. The only time Ill give it a wipe with acetone is on gluing surfaces. Flooding rosewood brings with it the risk of colour bleed out....a big problem if youve also got light coloured wood such as guitar bindings.