maple for binding?

[Tim Benware]

Tim, another trick you can try, on a sample first, of course, when using rosewood is to wipe the rosewood with acetone. The acetone will dissolve a certain amount of the rosewood color and stain the soft part of the curly maple with it, bringing out the figure. Be sure to seal the top and its purfling with shellac, cut neatly up to the maple, before you try this. You would do this after all final scraping and shaping of the binding is finished.

Admittedly, it is living life on the edge of the envelope, a bit.

Yes, I've used that trick to color some of the white deposits that sometimes show up in RW.