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And for something totes different: does anyone have experience using iron acetate solutions on Acacia wood (and also if there's any reason I should avoid Acacia wood for labor/slavery/abuse/ecological reasons this is a great time to mention it) for achieving a nice jet black color? It doesn't have to be consistent and I'm not looking for something that resembles a painted Ikea surface. I like variation.

I'm looking to sort of make my own desktop and want a nice natural black. Our place has an empty shed that I could absolutely do the finishing work on and I would love to have something more or less finished by me (fuck, I'd love to make it but I have no clamps @[email protected] 😭).

I was also debating on how to finish after that: shellac? tung oil (seems to take forever)? just wax?

The reason I'm looking at acacia is that butcher block from Lowe's (is Lowe's the better one plz don't tell me they've done something shitty. fucking Home Depot) is relatively inexpensive and in my price range for this project.

boosts totally appreciated on this one

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