Aging Wood

[brian d]

I have some great looking Goncalo Alves wood, with beautiful deep colours. Problem is, that when I plane off the outer layer, the wood underneath is a bit plain looking.

Is there a way to speed up the oxidisation of the wood to get the rich colours back after sanding the wood?

Thanks,

Brian.

[toddler68]

I have some great looking Goncalo Alves wood, with beautiful deep colours.  Problem is, that when I plane off the outer layer, the wood underneath is a bit plain looking. 

Is there a way to speed up the oxidisation of the wood to get the rich colours back after sanding the wood?

Thanks,

Brian.

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I believe I saw this question asked recently. The answer was exposure to UV light. Try getting some sunlight on it -see if that does the trick.