[Alice in Wonderland]

I am finishing a piece of Acana wood, the wood comes from Cuba and is very heavy ,dark red, and does not take details , I would like to bring out the color more and have a low lustre finish. Any suggestions are much appreciated.
Alice

[Alice in Wonderland]

I learned this wood is also called Cuban Mahagony maybe somebody has an answer now?
Alice

[wade clark]

Alice,
Where did you find these names? I looked in Wood Identification & Use by Terry Porter, which I've found to be very thorough, but can't find either name. Maybe it's a variety of American mahogany, called Costa Rican, Brazilian or Central american mahogany. Another name for it is ACAHOU, which sounds a bit like Acana. All vary considerably in color. They say it is high quality for funiture and cabinetmaking. Highly lustrous. It glues, nails, screws and stains well, if we're talking about the same wood. Try a small scrap and see what you find.
Good luck!
Wade

[Smokey]

Here is the information

http://www.toolcenter.com/wood/bulletwood.html

Nice to hear from you again Alice. I didn't know it was you with your new "Nom d" plume".

[Alice in Wonderland]

Yes Smokey it is Alice I don't know how it happened with the name ??? Omalice would suit me better :-) thanks Smokey for the Wood page it sure describes it ,this piece is very brittle, only power tools will make it into something ,no details, I won't even try it.
this is my last piece of Acana and yes, this is what it is called in Cuba.Where ever I go ,it is wood I look for no other treasures :-) in my suitcase.
Thanks for the help.
Alice