You are reading a single comment by @Dammit and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Fox
@Dammit
Whilst it won't change the direction of the grain it will certainly change the colour - have you never sanded something? It takes off a layer of the surface, if that layer is a different colour from the underlying material then the appearance will be changed by the sanding process.
With regards to the grain that's inline with the long axis of the blocks, it's unavoidable that they will therefore be at 90 degrees to one another due to the herringbone pattern.