For projects that will be exposed to UV rays, be sure to select the right paint, stain, and finish combination By Staff of SSW We’ve all experienced finishes fading or discoloring in the sun, but how much to do they actually change? To test this, we created two boards with […]
Looking for variety and natural beauty? Make it maple! By Janette Square Maple is a broad term for roughly 200 species of trees of the genus Acer that grow all over the world. However, the North American lumber industry mainly uses two types: hard maple and soft maple. After learning about […]
See the magazine team add color stains, dyes, pigments, and paints to plain woods mentioned in the summer issue in this exclusive video! One of the great surprises of nature is that wood runs the gamut of colors: for every letter in ROY G. BIV, there’s at least one wood […]
