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WOW.

Gary

Hello from the UP Roger. I love the colors of the wood and the rings in your platter. What does the lye do?

Marc

Interesting, nice color, reminds me of pacman.

Marc:

First of all, lye is very caustic, and requires a little bit of safety procedures prior to using. Lye is one of the cleaning agents and soap, but the lye that's available now is a drain cleaner.

If you set a finished piece of cherry in the direct sunlight for a long time (possibly years) it would have the same effect. Do a Google search on "Cherry & Lye" and you'll find a ton of information.

I've also tried putting Min Wax "Red Chestnut" on the cherry after lye treatment dries, so far it's come out as a very deep rich mahogany appearance. I hope this helps.

Roger

Vern:

The missing spot is where crotch came into play. Besides Pac-Man it almost looks like the mouth of a piranha.

Roger

Roger - Joy loves this in our collection.