Bought some purpleheart last week because I wanted to make something... well, you know... purple. The rough board looks purple. Cut off a piece to rough size. Still purple. Started planing one face flat. Brown. Purple shavings, brown wood. Flipped it over, started face planing the other side. Still brown. As a last resort I wiped on some mineral spirits... brown. Don't get me wrong, it's very pretty wood -- straight grain, rich color -- but unmistakably brown, not purple.
Silly me, I thought it would be PURPLE. What gives? Is this a heartwood/sapwood kind of thing? Will it turn purple over time? Or with oil? Help, please!
Silly me, I thought it would be PURPLE. What gives? Is this a heartwood/sapwood kind of thing? Will it turn purple over time? Or with oil? Help, please!