K Padd Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Hi, im looking to do a polar bear and have seen some photos where the wood is white and was wondering if anyone could tell me type of wood it is so i can complete the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 The first thing that pops into my mind is Holly. It is a white wood and expensive. Not sure what all sizes it comes in. I have used it for string inlay on furniture but that is the extent of experience I have with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsN Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Holly comes to mind as being the most white of the woods. Some maple is pretty light, if you have some place you can pick and choose it might work. Using water based poly to finish the light wood will also help. It doesn't have the warm amber tone that most of the other finishes do. Another option would be bleaching the wood. https://www.rockler.com/oxalic-acid-for-wood-bleaching I don't have any experience with the process but someone else might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 Certainly Holly, but as mentioned, expensive and can be hard to get in large enough sizes. You might check out Basswood. It can be close, a little "creamier" colored but worth checking. munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) Holly is the whitest of white woods but tough to get boards of it that are pure white. Depending when it is harvested will show and most boards have grey running through it. I use it for pen making and small accent projects and many times if I want truest white I will bleach the wood using wood bleach. Many people use Aspen in place of Holly. You may want to check it out. This wood is extremely white also but it too is not cheap. You can bleach that too to make it even lighter. Then you can do the stain process and get some white stain and use a maple or other light colored wood. Edited February 28, 2019 by JTTHECLOCKMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 In my area, Aspen is not too expensive. A 1 x 6 by 4 ft at Menards is $6.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 I use aspen for my white wood in my intarsia projects GrampaJim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Like Clayton, I usually use Aspen for white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcdennis Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Aspen is the easiest to get where I am too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Padd Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Thanks for you suggestions, but I live in Scotland and I’m unable to get Holly over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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