{"id":5617,"date":"2022-01-26T20:14:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T03:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T23:55:04","slug":"3-more-easy-exquisite-finishes-for-mahogany-woodworking-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/3-more-easy-exquisite-finishes-for-mahogany-woodworking-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"3 More Easy & Exquisite Finishes for Mahogany Woodworking Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each of these finished samples is 8″x20″ and cut from the same board – yet, you can get vastly different (and beautiful) results with a very simple technique, demonstrated below.<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you’ve seen our other tutorial<\/a> on three tips for finishing mahogany, you’ll start to notice a basic four-step formula I like to employ to arrive at certain colors and characteristics:<\/p>\n

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  1. Dye<\/li>\n
  2. Sealer<\/li>\n
  3. Glaze<\/li>\n
  4. Clear finish<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s it.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Does it seem like an arsenal of chemicals? Believe it or not, the steps go quickly, and it’s actually a watered down version of what many professional furniture finishers do. So, don’t worry – this is not an uncommon practice, plus the steps you see here can be pulled off by any hobbyist woodworker with supplies found at a retail woodworking store.<\/p>\n

    There’s nothing especially proprietary with the brands and products I’ve used in the tutorial below. You can use similar colors by other brands. These just happen to be my choice because they work well and I’m accustomed to them.<\/p>\n

    I’ve performed these finishes on genuine Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla<\/em>) from Belize. But they’ll work on other types of wood such as African mahogany.<\/p>\n

    1. Classic Aged Mahogany<\/h3>\n

    It’s one of the certainties when working with mahogany that once you cut it, plane it or sand it, the freshly revealed wood is disappointingly light. Mahogany needs to oxidize to its naturally coppery bronze color. Or you do this instead. Age it with a little bit of dye and a soothing, yet light, glaze of brown. The result is a wonderful and consistent warm mahogany color that very few would believe .<\/p>\n

    Products used:<\/strong><\/p>\n