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Re: Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk
By:mtkayak (Mike Trutwin)
Date: 4/2/2011, 2:42 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk (lance buck)

: OMG, thats gorgeous! what kind off wood? how did you get the purple
: color? Any chance it is purpleheart?
: I tried to get that color; even careful to let the heart wood
: oxidize. It still turned brown with the epoxy...
: Any ideas? Nice work.
: Lance

Thanks

Wood: African Padauk, Cedar, Figured Maple, some Spruce, Ash, and Mahogany
The Padauk is the Maroon color. It will in turn toward darker brown in time though.

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Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk *PIC*
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/2/2011, 11:48 am
Re: Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk *NM* *PIC*
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/2/2011, 11:50 am
Re: Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk *NM* *PIC*
mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/2/2011, 11:52 am
Re: Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk
lance buck -- 4/2/2011, 2:22 pm
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/2/2011, 2:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/4/2011, 12:39 am
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Bob Beaullieu -- 4/4/2011, 6:19 am
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Allan Reade -- 4/20/2011, 5:46 pm
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sean mcgrath -- 4/2/2011, 12:03 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/2/2011, 4:32 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 4/2/2011, 8:36 pm
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/2/2011, 10:22 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/3/2011, 4:04 am
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Tim Sheehan -- 4/3/2011, 12:20 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 4/3/2011, 8:28 pm
Re: Strip: Nearly Finished Great Auk
ancient kayaker -- 4/20/2011, 11:42 pm
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violet bradley -- 4/20/2011, 10:26 am