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Why replace the unreplaceable? Can you not strip your newel and refinish it? Or is it already stripped and still is too dark? I take it that the newel is square, with flutes running vertically on all or most sides. Flutes are usually done with a router and a bit of the correct profile. How they are done when they are mass-produced, I don't know. If there is a good stair shop in your area, maybe they will make a matching newel for you. They would likely be equipped to do so.
Architect (NY) and Home Designer (PA)
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| Posts: 2492 | Location: Tobyhanna, PA | Registered: 24 October 2005 |    |
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To your question if the newel is stripped, the answer is yes right down to the bear wood. I have thought about bleaching but I was puzzled by have of the wood being light and the other half being like a dark mahogany color. I have bleached lighter wood but never so dark. I have never seen wood like this before so that is what puzzles me.  I have priced out a coustem made newel to the seize that I need and it would run me about $600 - $800 which is a bit way to steep for me and my budget.
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| Posts: 3 | Location: Bellerose, N.Y. | Registered: 23 January 2007 |    |
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