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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 2644091, member: 30"]If by "different essence of wood" - you mean different shades or hues of the same type of wood, then YES! </p><p><br /></p><p>I've been challenged more than once to strip the paint from an old piece to see a wood surprise! Most recently was a darker, different color of cypress wood for one door panel of a very large cabinet. I thought about using wood bleach, but even if I could knock down the darkness of the wood, I still doubt it would have come out the same in hue. I couldn't "resolve" that, so I varnished it and was done. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 2644091, member: 30"]If by "different essence of wood" - you mean different shades or hues of the same type of wood, then YES! I've been challenged more than once to strip the paint from an old piece to see a wood surprise! Most recently was a darker, different color of cypress wood for one door panel of a very large cabinet. I thought about using wood bleach, but even if I could knock down the darkness of the wood, I still doubt it would have come out the same in hue. I couldn't "resolve" that, so I varnished it and was done. :cat:[/QUOTE]
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