#5 Purple Heart and alpine OM

[BradHall]

Beautiful work Chuck. What did you use for the binding and backstrip? Nice contrast. Any issues with the Purple Heart bleeding through to the trim?

[Chuck73]

The binding and backstrip are some cherry I got from the local lumber yard. No problems with the purpleheart bleeding. Much easier to deal with than rosewood as far as bleeding of pigment.

[BradHall]

Timely answer. I'm building my first, rosewood with curly maple binding. Any advice to save me mistakes in finishing down the road?
Thanks.

[Chuck73]

Well that is a coincidence. The one I'm finishing now is panama rosewood with curly maple binding. The alcohol in the shellac I seal the wood with seems to want to leach pigment from the rosewood. I found that cleaning off sanding dust very well and the spraying the shellac in very thin coats helped to not drag the pigment onto the light wood. The tru oil I use to finish doesn't seem to cause problems.