Padauk

[Tom Gi]

I got a small price of Paduak from ocooch hardwoods just to try it out 

it didn’t cut any harder that birch plywood 

does it need some kind of finish or is the bare wood ok

[Ctutor]

oil or lacquer will bring out the color and make grain stand out. beautiful as a a backgroud

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

It will turn brown. A finish will slow it down some. 

[Dan]

Like John said, it will turn brown. If you leave it unfinished you may be able to sand it when it turns brown and bring back the red, but that seems like a lot of work. 

[BadBob]

I use an oil and wax blend for Paduak.

[TAIrving]

Some finishes include UV inhibitors which will slow down the turning-brown process.  Teak oil comes to mind.  

[Scrappile]

UV inhibitors finish and. keep it out of bright light.

[Denny Knappen]

The thing I remember is the orange sawdust all over.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

47 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

The thing I remember is the orange sawdust all over.

Yea I mentioned this in another thread where some one was looking for a bloodwood substitute and Padauk was mentioned. That dust is nasty stuff. Some woods are just that way. 

[BadBob]

19 hours ago, Denny Knappen said:

The thing I remember is the orange sawdust all over.

Yes, I cut 326 ornaments from Padauk last year. Lots of orange sawdust.

Edited February 12 by BadBob

[redwine]

I am a little late with this, laptop giving me trouble, but most all of the long time scrollers know about this, if you attach Padauk to a lighter colored wood preseal  both pieces first! The reason being that Padauk will bleed into the lighter wood! This happened to me a couple of times until I ask about this and was told how to finish before putting the two woods together!

Erv