Basswood, definately. It's very fine grained and soft. Oak is much harder.
Oak is very versatile and so can be stained many colors. For an oak executive desk I recommend a natural color stain or a golden stain. Both would be very attractive.
To tone down oak stain, you can apply a coat of a lighter-colored stain or a tinted topcoat. You can also use a glaze or a whitewash to soften the color of the oak stain. Another option is to sand down the stained surface lightly to remove some of the color before applying a lighter stain.
Yes.very hard wood.takes stain well.typically knot free too.looks somewhat like white oak
Go to the hardware store and buy a can it would be much easier.
Put Olive oil. I had a big stain of fondue fuel on my wood table and it's gone.
lots of trees like oak
You can repair the scratches on your Oak dining chairs by purchasing stain/paint from your local hardware store. Use these to fill in your scratches.
Get walnuts and mash them up with liquid varnish and then paint
It can be very difficult to try to lighten stain on wood once it is applied. The best way to do it is to sand the wood down and start over.
the balls on the tree is the nut [ seed] that i one day going to tern into a oak tree but it will take it a long time for it to be like the tree it came from ps.. never it the balls you see on a oak tree
There are many materials bookcases can be made from. The benefits of choosing oak bookcases are that it is durable, long-lasting, stain resistance, won't scratch easily, and won't wear out.