Cherry is a pretty good wood to work with and you should have no problem
staining it dark. Matching an existing piece of furniture is another thing
and I would recommend experimenting with scrap before you go to final
finish. One of cherry's characteristics is it will slowly darken with age
but this probably will not be a big deal if the existing furniture is fairly
new.
RonB
"Keith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My wife wants a end table for the bedroom and would like it to match our
> existing bedroom set which is cherry also. The cherry is a very dark color
> more
> like walnut but as I have never using cherry before I'm not sure if I can
> get
> cherry that dark. Any suggestions or advice. Thanks again
Keith <[email protected]> wrote:
: My wife wants a end table for the bedroom and would like it to match our
: existing bedroom set which is cherry also. The cherry is a very dark color more
: like walnut but as I have never using cherry before I'm not sure if I can get
: cherry that dark. Any suggestions or advice. Thanks again
Is it genuine cheery, or "cherry"-finished wood? A lot of stuff out
there is aspen with a thick stain on it. Matching this will take
some trial and error.
- Andy Barss
It's from Ethan Allen and was dark when it arrived. Thanks for all the
suggestions and I'm going to give it a try.
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Keith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> My wife wants a end table for the bedroom and would like it to match our
>> existing bedroom set which is cherry also. The cherry is a very dark color
>> more
>> like walnut but as I have never using cherry before I'm not sure if I can
>> get
>> cherry that dark. Any suggestions or advice. Thanks again
>
>I had to match an Ethan Allen cherry chest that was a very dark brown. They
>use tinted lacquer.
>I found a medium dye followed by a medium stain gave perfect results.
>Either a dark dye or a dark stain were very wrong.
>It takes a certain amount of trial to get it right.
>
>Was your bedroom set light when you bought it, and it has gotten darker over
>the years? Then ignore the above and put your new end table out in the sun
>for while to darken.
>
"Keith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife wants a end table for the bedroom and would like it to match our
> existing bedroom set which is cherry also. The cherry is a very dark color
> more
> like walnut but as I have never using cherry before I'm not sure if I can
> get
> cherry that dark. Any suggestions or advice. Thanks again
I had to match an Ethan Allen cherry chest that was a very dark brown. They
use tinted lacquer.
I found a medium dye followed by a medium stain gave perfect results.
Either a dark dye or a dark stain were very wrong.
It takes a certain amount of trial to get it right.
Was your bedroom set light when you bought it, and it has gotten darker over
the years? Then ignore the above and put your new end table out in the sun
for while to darken.