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Oh thank you for hinting me towards this! From what I just read about it, Cumaru could be it.


It is indeed really strong and heavy and I actually had to pre-bore before screwing - it just ripped when I did it with a drill that wasn't close enough to the size of the srew. It did smell nice when being worked, but I wasn't particularly reminded of vanilla or cinnamon. I also do not have blacklight around to test if it's actually fluorescent.

But I love the fact, that it's from the Tonka tree, it reminds me of this really tasty Almond-Tonka spread that is sold in some wholefood-shops around here (GER).

Source: http://www.wood-database.com/cumaru/


Thank you very much, for your input!

I have it. It is a really good book. If you can get past the internet joke, it's full of good information. I also have its sibling, Understanding Wood.

You might try some Old English on it. It's normally a scratch cover, but I've seen some success with water spot. If you have a wood working store near you, they should have some. Some hardware stores will carry it. Here is the Amazon link for it -- https://www.amazon.com/English-Scratch-Cover-Dark-Woods/dp/B002YBZZJE/ref=pd_sbs_121_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002YBZZJE&pd_rd_r=8NYR40D7YEV0T0EMDT8P&pd_rd_w=yrE4k&pd_rd_wg=EtESy&psc=1&refRID=8NYR40D7YEV0T0EMDT8P

So, I have pressure treated woods that I have used to create my retaining wall.
I used a sealant to seal but it also had red paint that now looks horrible (should've checked the box properly).

I wanted my wood to have similar stain as the wood in the picture. My guess is that the wood in the pics are not pressure treated oak like mine so mine won't have exact same stain, but I wanted to get as close as possible to this look.

Any help? I could get the stain from Home Depot, Amazon or Benzaim Moore shop.

I've had good results preserving rotted wood with this

Forstner bits.

A Drill Press like this one would allow you to control the depth of your cutting, accurately to within a millimeter.

Their rep told me I should use water based polyurethane. They didn't sell me the 'platinum protection' and a repair would cost 75$.

What's your opinion, how would I apply that? Would this do https://www.amazon.com/Water-Base-Wipe-On-Polyurethane-16fl-oz/dp/B001XQ20WG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1501171069&sr=8-7&keywords=water+based+polyurethane and just wipe over it?

What would happen on the are that has already the coat?

This is it

Cross

I remember buying some clay-like stuff, for the woods scratches etc, and there was a pen that followed with it. Now, I am not the most artistic, but I somehow matched the shade and the color, and after a few weeks of just staying there, it blended in eventually. It is still visible, but not eye-popping, you have to literally squat down and see it. I’ll try to find that thing. And because it’s a little scratch, it’s not worth to change the planks because of it.

EDIT: This is the closest thing I could find. Obviously not ideal, but if you have that artistic side or can work with colors, I believe you’ll make wonders with it! ;)