Tarkin
Established Member
Grammatical errors aside, that is my question. :roll:
I'm planning to make a chest-come-coffee-table. I'd ideally like it to be pretty dark, but still have some nice figuring. Now, for whatever reason, I have a thing about using stain. I'm not sure where my prejudice came from but I don't really like it. So I was thinking about using American Black Walnut for my chest. Then I went and drew it up and realised I need over 4cuft of Walnut to make it. As I understand Black Walnut is going for about £50 a cuft ex VAT at the moment (correct?), so the cost becomes non-negligible.
What do others think? Am I just being daft with my anti-stain stand point, or are there cheaper alternatives to black walnut? Or should I just bite the bullet and get the walnut and enjoy it?
Thoughts and opinions welcome...
I'm planning to make a chest-come-coffee-table. I'd ideally like it to be pretty dark, but still have some nice figuring. Now, for whatever reason, I have a thing about using stain. I'm not sure where my prejudice came from but I don't really like it. So I was thinking about using American Black Walnut for my chest. Then I went and drew it up and realised I need over 4cuft of Walnut to make it. As I understand Black Walnut is going for about £50 a cuft ex VAT at the moment (correct?), so the cost becomes non-negligible.
What do others think? Am I just being daft with my anti-stain stand point, or are there cheaper alternatives to black walnut? Or should I just bite the bullet and get the walnut and enjoy it?
Thoughts and opinions welcome...