problem with Purpleheart .....
- Thread starter PoorBoy B
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Is there anything that i can do to get the color in purpleheart to come back after it has been cut?I just did this J/B cue and it going to have a purpleheart shaft.
Thx,
Mark
Just sand it and have it ready for a finish and put it in a sunny or warm place and the color will return.
Dick
As Dick said, Sunlight will bring them back. I recently bought 20 dowels and 20 squares. They looked just like yours, and I was kind of freaked out.
The cuemakers told me the same thing and since then I have rotated all of them giving equal time on a shelf in the kitchen window. They're all a very deep purple just what they should be.
The cuemakers told me the same thing and since then I have rotated all of them giving equal time on a shelf in the kitchen window. They're all a very deep purple just what they should be.
As Dick stated, and also, everytime a cut is made on purpleheart, you will lose the purple for a bit. I have found that you should wait until the purple returns after the final pass and sanding, before putting on a seal coat and top coat of finish. You don't need the color to return between cuts, only between the final cut/sanding and the first coat of sealer.
Dave
Dave
A tanning bed? I don't think the sun block lotion would be good for the purple heart. J/K.
Purpleheart is a photoreactive wood like cocobolo. UV rays are what change it to purple from the brownish color. When you cut cocobolo it's grey in color then changes to the orange hues.
