Darker Endgrain

WW'nTip-of-Day #062: Darker End Grain
Finish absorbs into end grain differently than long grain which is why many times your joinery looks darker at angles. Today we discuss one way of alleviating that a bit.
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[@edtsch]

LOL! I laughed out loud when you wiped the dust on your shirt. I do that all the time!

[@asdf9890]

The end grain staining has been a pet peeve of this very amateur “wood worker” 😂. Quite proud of many of my little projects, minus the dark end grain. Thanks for the tips.

[@williamredinger6172]

I’m not overly wild about most woodworking videos but I do look forward to yours. I think, for me, your kind of “folksy” style, down to earth tips and tricks, has taught me much. I particularly enjoyed the chisel care and proper use video of the last few weeks. Found I was doing everything wrong. Took what I learned and went to work on some scraps just practicing and chisels were suddenly fun. I also like some of the things you do that do many “professionals” would probably cringe at (i.e., using your shirt to wipe off dust) but ones all of us do on occasion.
Thanks for brightening my day and teaching me things along the way.

[@wortheffort]

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[@WoodInn]

Once again, great tips Shawn. Thank you.

[@wortheffort]

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[@imortaldeadead]

Thank you for the end board tip 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The last one was great, I never thought about it as you expected 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@wortheffort]

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[@bobwebberkc]

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your teaching style. Thank you.

[@wortheffort]

Ya just did.

[@mikes4661]

Love his tool storage

[@edwarddick564]

Great channel .. I love watching your videos educational and inspirational..thank you

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[@benwade8474]

Another great episode thank you for the tips

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[@watermain48]

Nice tip Shawn, thanks.

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[@risby2]

Thanks, I really appreciate your videos

[@wortheffort]

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[@tomt9543]

Gave this a like when you used your planing/shooting board! Great idea!

[@knottie_gurldeannamorris1136]

I love your reality. "My shirt doubles as a dust cloth". That was great.

[@wortheffort]

That isn't everybodies reality?

[@meanders9221]

Ha, I don't think I figured it out, someone taught me a long time ago to sand end grain to one grit higher (though not two grits higher as you showed). But now I'm older and lazier so I just sand everything to 220 and spray shellac ( 1 lb cut) on all end grain. The results are very pleasing to a lazy man ;-)

[@mariah4451]

You're such an inspirational teacher and so passionate.
Will you ever be shipping you're awesome t-shirts to the UK? :-)

[@wortheffort]

I'm really small time so I have to use a fulfillment center on the T's. They don't do oversees at the moment.

[@walterrider9600]

thank you i am a learning me poor aching head lol thank you . hey i use the same dust cloth too.

[@wortheffort]

Just remember, amputation is not the cure, just take an aspirin.

[@chadh9267]

Thanks Shawn! Great tips and videos. I see you have a couple wireless speaker kits from Rockler in the background. How do you like those?

[@wortheffort]

Thanks. Spoilers...

[@kareno8634]

Clever! Thanks ~ *

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[@rick91443]

Yup. I agree with swirt Thanks...rr

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[@Lonestar_Rental_Co.]

What kind of planner are you using?

[@adamthewoodworker2571]

Hey, so let's say you only hand plane the face of the board, then what grit sandpaper would you recommend using on the end grain?

[@seanflanagan5674]

But... but... but when you sanded the ends, you din' follow the grain!

[@wortheffort]

shhh...

[@SeymourKitty]

Which grit gave the best over all color match?

[@donaldcone6494]

what was the go to finish?

[@MrStevendamico]

Wonder what would happen if you just left the end grain planed. Would that be the smoothest surface and really lighten it up?

[@wortheffort]

One way for you to find out.

[@Aubreykun]

+MrStevendamico
Planing, scraping, going up to 7000 grit paper, a 30k grit sharpening stone, stropping, lapping paste... lots of room to experiment with things that normally don't ever touch bare wood...

[@221Dw]

Personally I like the end grain to look darker, to me that's how wood is meant to be

[@wortheffort]

You just want to show off your fine joinery, admit it.

[@SeymourKitty]

Do you always use your shirt to clean your wood?🤨