Yellow sapwood on cherry?

[JimD]

I am just about done with a dresser for my daughter. It is part of a bedroom set for her wedding present. I was surprised when I got finish on the dresser that some of the sapwood is yellow. Not a slight tinge of yellow, a fairly bright yellow. The top two drawers have a board with some striking figure that I wanted to use despite the sapwood showing. She is good with a little sapwood so I do not expect a negative reaction.

I have never seen this before, however. The other sapwood I've seen in cherry has always been white like maple.

Comments?

Jim

[natausch]

BLO will yellow cherry sapwood, otherwise it has a slight greenish tinge to it.

[JimD]

Finish is Resisthane, no BLO first. I've finished figured maple with BLO and know the yellow that creates. This is brighter. Maybe a mineral in the ground where that tree grew?

[Joe DeFazio]

Based on my experience with cherry, time and light exposure will probably even out the color difference between the sapwood and the heartwood. After a few years, they will probably look subtly different rather than strikingly different.

I have some cherry pieces I made say 6 years ago that were clearly (and fetchingly) two-toned, and now I have to look very carefully to see the delineation between the heartwood and sapwood.

Joe