stain

  1. R

    Spots on Ash appear after stain

    I just applied stain to my ash toppers for a farmhouse bed and noticed a lot of spots in the wood. There was nothing wrong with the application as my other pieces turned out fine. But this thick piece has spots all over it. Any idea what it is and how I can fix it?
  2. A

    Glue up, then stain etc. or visa versa?

    I am building a sideless end table from the designs in wood magazine. I am using cherry for the case and maple for the top. The question is, what is the proper procedure for finishing. I am using M&T joints. My concern is the corners. If I glue up first, I worry that I will get a blob of...
  3. rcflyer23

    Spraying Stain

    Is there any issue with spraying stain I'm looking at using some Cabot stain and would prefer to spray it instead of wiping it on. I can't think for any reason why it wouldn't work. My gun is able to spray latex so I wouldn't think it would be to thick or am I just missing the boat.. :banana:
  4. buildintechie

    Help- Small Stain Spots

    Hey all- I'm applying finish to my coffee table components, and evidently I missed wiping part of the last coat after applying it...and I've got a few small shiny stain spots where it didn't soak in (hence why you wipe it...duh). Anyways, I'm planning on topcoating this with a clear...
  5. M

    Stain Options on Hickory(Pecan)

    I am working on a piece at a class at Durham Tech. It is a small dresser with two drawers and a slide out shelf. This is a storage system for my daughters' Barbie house. The carcass is made of Birch plywood and pine secondary. The face frame is made of solid birch. I decided to make the...
  6. MarkE

    Stain and finish question

    I am building a couple of small drawer units to go in our pantry. The cases are 3/4" oak plywood. Face frames and drawer fronts are 3/4" solid oak. The drawer boxes are 1/2" Lowes blondwood plywood. The cases, face frames and drawer fronts will be stained with Minwax golden oak to match the oak...
    • MarkE
    • Thread
    • finish question stain
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Finishing
  7. J

    Why stain good wood?

    Just a hypothetical question for all of you folks. I'm a big fan of not staining wood, preferring to let the natural appearance of the color/grain/figure be the showcase, but sometimes you want to stain it in order to accent those characteristics. Here's an example. A piece of fir from a...
    • Jeff
    • Thread
    • good stain wood
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Finishing
  8. S

    stain sprayer

    I have just been comissioned to build a custom bookcase for my church. It is to be 6' high and around 14' long. I'm thinking thats a lot of sand with a brush or wiping on. HVLP systems are expensive for just one project (I know, I can use it over, but I've never needed one for my small...
  9. M

    Stain in Black Marble

    I think it's a water stain in an unsealed black marble table top. Anyone know how to remove this?
  10. G

    making walnut stain

    Hello I have not posted for a while but had a question. I have access to some black walnut trees I have been gathering to crack this winter. I was wondering if anyone had any use for the hulls to make stain. Any thoughts or inquiries are welcome.
    • gsdoby
    • Thread
    • making stain walnut
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Finishing
  11. N

    Applying oil-based stain

    I'm getting to the finishing part of my project and could use some input. The project is a writing table made from QSWO. The finish is going to be Varathane Early American (see here). So, two questions: Is there an advantage to wiping on vs. brushing on? I read the label and it says either...
    • nmanley
    • Thread
    • applying oilbased stain
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Finishing
  12. Rob

    darkening stain

    I've got a small can of Minwax's Dark Walnut, staining red oak. After two coats, it's still not as dark as we want it. What can I mix with it to darken it a little more. It's oil based stain.
    • Rob
    • Thread
    • darkening stain
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Finishing
  13. R

    Dye vs Stain for Maple

    I am redoing the staircase, treads, risers and all the other stuff in some nice maple that my wifes uncle got for me. At the point right now where I need to decide to dye or stain. I know maple is a pain and have been reading on here and other places. I saw a beautiful table that Striker had...
  14. Truefire

    Tung oil / Stain / For Gunstock ????

    Hey Guys, i am finishing a gunstock that appears to be made out of a somewhat softer wood (unknown) such as maple. I am wanting to stain the wood a light tannish brown color and also wanting to seal the wood with a tung oil-mineral spirits combination to get the water resiliency and somewhat of...
  15. taandctran

    What to use over stain on cabinets

    I have a friend that just bought a house. He had to get new cabinets made but decided to finish hem himself. He has already put on a varnish that said contained some type of varnish, but I'm not sure that is good enough. Should he put something else over top of the stain? He dosent have a gun...
  16. J

    Dilemma: Finishing over Gel Stain

    Here's my problem: Sanded SPF trestle table to 120 grit and applied 2 coats of GF gel stain followed by 2 coats of Waterlox. Well, it still feels like about 120 grit. Fortunately, I haven't committed to the table top itself except for the initial 2 coats of gel stain. I'm now reading that gel...
    • Jeff
    • Thread
    • dilemma finishing gel stain
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Finishing
  17. CarvedTones

    ink as a wood stain

    My wife does scrapbooking and she recently got a little spray bottle of "walnut ink" that is darker than she had hoped so she gave it to me in case I could use it. Then she showed me that she has a few others that I might try because she rarely uses them fast enough to keep them from drying out...
  18. benwise

    stain over BLO?

    hi there, I just put on my first coat of BLO on one of my trestles for a walnut dining rooms table I'm makin', and the BLO highlighted a small area of wood glue overage around a joint. (I thought I had sanded this all off, but alas...) Anyways, can I put a small amount of dark oil-based stain...
  19. thrt15nc

    HELP!! - Spots on stain

    Can anyone offer ideas as to what these are and how can they be fixed or better yet, how can I assure I don't have them on the rest of this chair? These are the seat slats for the Morris chair I'm working on and you can see spots on it. Being it'll be covered with a cushion, it's not too bad...
  20. C

    Coffee Table - Almost Done

    I am building a coffee table for my oldest daughter out of some steamed walnut I picked up a few years ago. After final sanding the color looked pretty washed out. Pic below. So, I decided to stain it. I used a burnt umber pigment with mineral spirits carrier. After the stain dried I...

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