Oilīased Poly brought up the red, while water-based poly pulled a bluish grey color right out of the wood into the finish, obscuring the grain considerably, I attribute this to the alcohol solvent, but I haven't done any further experimentation. I had a helluva time restoring that color when I finished the wood. This wood changed to that fleshy mauve that is typical of un oxidised purpleheart over a period of a couple of months. I bought a big plank of the stuff and it was amazingly purple, even fresh cut, and it smelled like vinegar. Like Eric, I can't figure it out either except to generically attribute it to the fact that there are quite a number of species that share the common name purpleheart, and there are varied growing conditions.Ĭorrespondent Shawn Longino reports: I wanted to give you some feedback about Purpleheart. I've sent a totally brown piece through the planer and it's come out purple.and I've sent a very purple piece through and it's come out brown. We have some incredibly purple - like clownishly purple - boards come into the yard sometimes, and after a couple months some of them will begin to turn brown and others will stay purple. Yeah purpleheart is weird stuff.I've seen it go both ways. This is from Eric, a moderator on The WoodTalk Forum: The best description I've seen of the brown/purple colors in purpleheart. Sometimes seemingly marginal parenchyma is present and the degree of confluence joining the pores varies a fair amount. (at least 20 species)ĥ" x 5" flat cut, 5" x 5" quartersawn, 1" wide end grain, and a 1/4" x 1/4" end grain closeup.ĭiffuse porous with fairly large sparse pores having lozenge shaped aliform parenchyma and vague growth ring boundaries. The REST of the pictures on this page will give you a better overall feel for this wood NOTE: there is rarely any "standard" or "typical" look for a wood so take what's in this table with a grain of salt Purpleheart open main page for all woods open page 2 for articles
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