Many people are familiar with black walnut only as a stained wood. Few people realize in its natural form walnut has a wide range of color. For some people familiar with walnut this is one of the endearing qualities of the wood. This unique grain structure and color variation shows all of the character of the environment in which the tree lived. We post these pictures to show this variation. Please realize that if you choose walnut for a counter top you should expect some striking color variation.

One option you have with black walnut is to request that we "sap stain" the top to reduce the color variation. This will tone down and even out the contrast of light wood to dark. This choice should be given careful consideration. Natural variations in the color of wood, especially walnut and cherry, are not considered a manufacturers defect. Additionally, we do not stain to match other items or samples. The purpose of sap staining is to reduce the natural color variations and should not be thought of as a traditional staining process. No choices of stains are available and the degree of staining is at the sole discretion of the Wood Welded Companies.