Danish oil plus a clear?

[evanc]

My experience is that walnut and oak stain well but Cherry does not. It could just be me. Cherry darkens so quickly and gets such a nice color I really prefer to not stain it. I recently milled a bunch of cherry crown molding - it was milled, sanded, finished with clear pre cat. lacquer and delivered in the same day. The house is only about 15 min. from the shop. I was surprised to see that the wood darkened on the way there...where the straps holding it on the truck where covering the wood it was noticeably lighter.

 

[paul burchell]

The sun quickly brings the oil to the surface, i frequently put finished cherry pieces out for a little suntan.

 

[chrisb]

I've had clear coated cherry veneered speakers get some interesting shading / tan lines from sitting near a north facing window for a few years

 

[AVWERK]

Cherry is a hard wood and tight grained
Use a very thin dye for color penetration.

 

[Einric]

If you dont want to change the color a whole lot.....you could use Birchwood Casey Gunstock Finish.
It adds a bit of amber tint similar to boiled linseed oil but adds a bit of protection.

I use spray lacquer over the top of danish oil all the time.
It works out really well.

If you are worried about splotching on cherry with dyes/stains then put down a light coat of dewaxed shellac on the bare wood prior to any oils or stains.

 

[SS4927]

one fudge strawberry vanilla diffuser. finally got it done, I trimmed it down first. Its weighty, I broke the wall struggling to get it in place, (removing pin nail in wrong place) lol. I like how it turned out though also learned a couple things. it does help, one thing I notice straight away is lesser sibilance, cleaner clearer highs, I suspected thats one of the higher problem areas for bouncing waves making some smaller changes bigger cash ins on sound.