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I personally don't have...
I personally don't have issue with these questions. I think where people get irate, is the abundance of the same questions over and over ...... barcelona, eames lounge, shock mount repair. Perhaps the best way to combat this is by making the search tool more prominent and useful.....

I think
I think a little blurb better explaining the search function could be immensely helpful:
"Welcome to the DA Forum. Many topics arise with frequency and your questions may already have been answered. Please feel free to use the search function to search past topics."

+ 1
agreed.

bj....just go ahead and ask the questions you have
either search the forums (on the right) for the topic you want answers about) or start a new thread.
Readers will either respond or not (a number of my thread have been read but responded to).
Go 'head and get into it!

Don't forget
to post pictures. That seems to be the number one gripe, along with repetitive questions. I, personally, kind of like the threads asking "what/who/when" because I learn a good bit myself. I am continually amazed by the amount of arcane knowledge stored in Paulanna and Simon's collective heads!

I actually like this forum...
I actually like this forum it seems to have altogether...kudos!

Well, thanks for the...
Well, thanks for the positive comments. I'm certainly not planning to retire from DA 🙂 if that was what you were thinking!
Last months I've collected pieces of all different kind of woods, many need some restoration.
For some this only means a light sanding and bit of oil.
I don't know wich wood asks wich type of oil (or varnish):
brazilian rosewood, bangkok teak, wengé..
Planning to purchase a huge early seventies dining set, entirely made out of wengé, but largely veneered.
Before I buy I wanted to know how i could treat it.
(I expect some light wear plus tired surfaces)
greetings
bj

african iron wood aka Wenge
Hi Bj.
well personally I dnot mind dishing out my hard earned knowledge as it means that, whatI do for a living and enjoy doing gets to be appreciated by others.
Now restoring wenge is a tricky job.
The wood responds very well to sanding put responds weirdly to oils / varnish.
Just finished the restoration of Bodil kjaers iconic desk, in wenge.
Firstly removed all the old varnish as this hads made the desk appear dark oak and hence why no one liked it.
Once clean of varnish i use a side edge to remove and deep seated varnish and followed on with sanding
240 / 280 / 320 / 400 grade.
Varnished using colourless and after polished to a "matt shine" sounds odd but a 95 yr old danish carpenter showed me how. and that shall remain my secret.
Once polished the table was oiled which drew in and made the grain look very deep and slightly more yellow brown than black brown.
Wenge can be very trick to repair as the wood fibre is very brittle and breaks like thin ice.
But dont shy away and give it a try.
Thats my bit of knowledge on the subject. And as mentioned Images are a bonus so here is the finished item.

Thanks Simon!
So you...
Thanks Simon!
So you varnish and then oil? If the wood has been varnished, can it still draw in the oil?
I've included a photo of the cocktailcabinet as it is now. The varnish obviously yellowed, I'm interested in putting the wood back to it's raw, graphic grey-brown-black quality.
There's also a credenza of monumental length, wich shows the agressive grain even more.