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Re: Material: Pine/Maple/Basswood
By:Roger Nuffer
Date: 4/7/2002, 3:24 pm
In Response To: Material: Art Questions? (Mike Rath)

1. On my current project, I would like to deviate from the red
: cedar and build as white a color deck as possible. Any suggestions for
: wood (pine for example)and epoxy?

Pine is pretty common for light colored areas and stays in the low weight catagory. There are other varieties of wood available that can fill your light color wood needs but they can get heavy. Certain maples are very light and have interesting characteristics (such as flamed, birds eye or quilted) but can get mighty heavy and are best used as accenting material.

Anyone used Basswood?

Roger

Messages In This Thread

Material: Art Questions?
Mike Rath -- 4/7/2002, 1:41 pm
Re: Material: Art Questions?
Luke -- 4/9/2002, 1:25 pm
Specific gravity = .6
Ted Henry -- 4/9/2002, 6:09 pm
Re: Material: Art Questions?
Chris Menard -- 4/8/2002, 1:45 pm
Re: Material: Art Questions?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/8/2002, 10:05 am
Basswood
!RUSS -- 4/7/2002, 6:58 pm
Re: Material: Art Questions?
John B. -- 4/7/2002, 3:26 pm
Re: Material: Art Questions?
Mike Rath -- 4/7/2002, 3:44 pm
Poplar is quite white. *NM*
don flowers -- 4/7/2002, 5:05 pm
Re: Poplar is quite white.
Roger Nuffer -- 4/7/2002, 7:04 pm
Re: Poplar is quite white. *Pic*
Bill Price -- 4/8/2002, 3:42 pm
Re: Poplar is quite white.
Ken Sutherland -- 4/9/2002, 12:55 am
Re: Poplar is quite white.
Joe -- 4/7/2002, 11:03 pm
Re: Poplar is quite white.
Tom -- 4/7/2002, 10:35 pm
Re: Material: Art Questions?
John B. -- 4/7/2002, 4:00 pm
Re: Material: The amber color of Spar Varnish
Roger Nuffer -- 4/7/2002, 7:21 pm
Re: Material: Pine/Maple/Basswood
Roger Nuffer -- 4/7/2002, 3:24 pm
Re: Material: Pine/Maple/Basswood *Pic*
Rick M -- 4/12/2002, 12:58 am
Re: Material: Pine/Maple/Basswood *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 4/8/2002, 6:24 am
thaught I lost my mind
Tom -- 4/8/2002, 5:56 pm
The other white wood, umm, other poplar
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/9/2002, 10:40 pm
Indiana State Tree, also called the Redwood of IN
John Monfoe -- 4/9/2002, 5:22 am
Re: Material: Pine/Maple/Basswood
Mike Rath -- 4/7/2002, 3:38 pm