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Re: Strip: light color wood for accent strips
By:Jay Babina
Date: 10/21/2014, 2:00 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: light color wood for accent strips (Mike Bielski)

The whitest wood is Holly but you'll never find boards in it. I know this from guitar making.

Pine is quite white. It's the varnish and epoxy that will change color more than the wood itself. I had a boat with a pine deck that looked white. Many years later it is almost as dark as light cedar. I had to make a repair and sanded into the wood and it was still light white like when I built it. It's not getting oxygen under the skin and I think the aging stops.

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Strip: light color wood for accent strips
Douglas Spyrison -- 10/20/2014, 11:05 pm
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scottbaxter -- 10/20/2014, 11:29 pm
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howard -- 10/20/2014, 11:59 pm
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Douglas Spyrison -- 11/13/2014, 10:33 pm
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Douglas Spyrison -- 11/13/2014, 10:35 pm
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howard -- 11/13/2014, 10:58 pm
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Allan -- 10/21/2014, 12:21 am
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Craig -- 11/14/2014, 3:17 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/21/2014, 8:48 am
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george jung -- 10/21/2014, 10:35 am
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Jay Babina -- 10/21/2014, 2:00 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 10/21/2014, 11:03 pm
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Jay Babina -- 10/22/2014, 10:36 am
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Mike Bielski -- 10/22/2014, 2:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2014, 2:55 pm
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Allan -- 10/23/2014, 4:33 am
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george jung -- 10/24/2014, 1:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/24/2014, 1:33 pm
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Bob Borovicka -- 10/24/2014, 5:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2014, 8:42 am