advice for purpleheart pot....

[Teebugg]

Building my first pot call using purpleheart and have a few questions. I got it today and figured i would do the progression of sandpaper  120 220 400 600 etc... but when i touched it with 400 just to try a spot it seemed to take color away. Any certain things i need to know about purpleheart? Half tempted to just use some spar on it and leave it alone. Help!

[hunter62]

let it set a few days and the color will come back in natural light then finish it.Thats what purple heart does

[Teebugg]

Figure im just going to smooth the edges and the ledge where the glass is going to go. But now i want another one to put aluminum on it!

[L.F. Cox]

Any certain things i need to know about purpleheart?

It's a common wood used in bridge and pier construction in South America...very rot resistant.

Over time the pretty purple color will fade to a muddy nasty looking brown.