Hello,
I built a book case out of select pine and hardwood plywood. It is my first attempt at a complete book case. it hasent turned out too bad.
Now i am trying to match the color to an existing bed frame. I believe the existing furniture was finished with a polyshade finish over pine.
I didnt want to use a polyshade, i thought using a oil based finish and then covering with a poly finish would look nicer.
i applied a pre stain conditioner to some sample pieces and have put up to 3 coats of oil based stain on the samples. Even after 3 coats the color still
seams pale.
How may coats of stain does it usually take to get to an even golden color on pine?
would water based stain be better?
Or should i just bite the bullet and use the poly shade?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks , curt
I built a book case out of select pine and hardwood plywood. It is my first attempt at a complete book case. it hasent turned out too bad.
Now i am trying to match the color to an existing bed frame. I believe the existing furniture was finished with a polyshade finish over pine.
I didnt want to use a polyshade, i thought using a oil based finish and then covering with a poly finish would look nicer.
i applied a pre stain conditioner to some sample pieces and have put up to 3 coats of oil based stain on the samples. Even after 3 coats the color still
seams pale.
How may coats of stain does it usually take to get to an even golden color on pine?
would water based stain be better?
Or should i just bite the bullet and use the poly shade?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks , curt