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PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:02 pm 
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Or paint it "Brazilian Rosewood", a rare lovely shade of rich dark brown.

Or, paint some curls on it, and double the asking price...

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Steve Kinnaird wrote:
Or paint it "Brazilian Rosewood", a rare lovely shade of rich dark brown.

Or, paint some curls on it, and double the asking price...

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if I paint it Brazilian it may be more prone to cracks, although I could paint it with straight grain, but I would need a pretty fine brush for that.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:19 am 
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John A wrote:
if I paint it Brazilian it may be more prone to cracks...


Good one! And if you did a real good paint job, you'd have it confiscated at the border...

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