General Woodworking

[mminin]

I keep hearing different names for walnuts, Claro, Black and even just plain walnut.  Can somebody help me to be able to tell the difference between all of this?

thanks,

[Dave in Md]

Mark,

This will likely tell you more than you wish to know about Walnut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut  There are a lot of subspecies

[MSWOODcraft]

And dont mix and match them within the same project.   American black walnut will have a color like a light milk chocolate bar when under a clearcoat.  Claro will look more like a dark chocolate bar.  Peruivian will be different, still, mostly showing up in grain as well as color.   Stick with the same species on the project.

[Keith Stephens]

Check my blog for this Walnut entry right here in the WOOD community.