Finishing Pear

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I have enclosed a picture of a pear piece I just completed. There is a band of turquoise. It is whiter than it appears in the picture. I don't have any preconception for the finish, so whatever you think.
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I don't know if I want it to turn yellow. Is that my only choice.
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No. A bit of uv protection in your finish will hold the lighter color that you see now. Grab you a scrap to try the finish on first. There are several stabilized oil finished that contain uv protection. Odies oil and mono rubio are two that come to mind.
 

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John, lots of choices, all depends on the look you want. If you want an amber look, could use an oil (tung, walnut,etc) or oil based poly in your choice of sheen.

If you want a water clear finish with no amber tones, could use a spray can lacquer or use a water based acrylic. You could also use shellac. Shellac will give a very, very slight amber look, but would only be noticeable if you had a shellac finished piece sitting next to an unfinished piece. I use shellc on all my maple snowmen, and don't think it gives much color at all.

If it were my piece, I'd probably use some spray lacquer as that will be water clear, but will also impart some chatoyance to the piece that is lacking in water based acrylic sprays.
 

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Clear polyurethane or urethane should not make it turn yellow- this is what they use on commercial guitars so it keep it looking like new and transparent to let the natural hues of the wood comes through. Shellac will, especially with an amber tint will look more yellow. Nitrocellulose lacquer over time will turn yellow.
 

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@Johnturner are you sure that's pear? Those big pores don't look like any pearwood I've ever seen, and the color is unusual (but maybe not impossible) for pear.
 

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When I bought it - a while ago it was labeled Pear - I'm open suggestions
 

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When I bought it - a while ago it was labeled Pear - I'm open suggestions
Most likely ash or hackberry but possibly some other wood. Check out my site for those two woods and see what you think.
 
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^Yes and possibly catalpa or sassafras (you would smell it though as it has a root beer/sarsaparilla aroma). That is definitely not pear wood as the color is way off and the surface grain as well as the pores are too define.
 
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