Hi,
I want to stain a entertainment cabinet made of light oak and oak
veneer to look more like cherry.
I just tried a test run with Minwax Cherry 235 stain but I found that
the wood didn't absorb much of the stain after 15 mins.
The oak has a natural finish on it now. I've only used furniture oil
on it. I also tried rubbing the wood with paint thinner first, but i
got the same results.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results?
Different stain? Different approach?
Regards,
Joe
Hi Joe,
You say it has furniture oil on it? Furniture oil is a generic name for
a whole lot of mixtures some of which could have been adsorbed deeply
into the raw wood therefore just rubbing the surface with solvent will
not remove all the oil. If it were me (I would try this in an
inconspicuous spot) I would wipe it down with solvent and then apply a
coat of dewaxed shellac such as Seal Coat. I would then spray this with a
toner mixture ( stain and top coat) and finish with clear top coat.
Good luck, JG
Joe Blow wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to stain a entertainment cabinet made of light oak and oak
> veneer to look more like cherry.
>
> I just tried a test run with Minwax Cherry 235 stain but I found that
> the wood didn't absorb much of the stain after 15 mins.
>
> The oak has a natural finish on it now. I've only used furniture oil
> on it. I also tried rubbing the wood with paint thinner first, but i
> got the same results.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results?
> Different stain? Different approach?
>
> Regards,
> Joe
In article <[email protected]>,
Joe Blow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I want to stain a entertainment cabinet made of light oak and oak
>veneer to look more like cherry.
<...snipped...>
I guess it's posible to make it look "more like" cherry, but oak is
not going to look like cherry no matter what kind of stain you put on
it.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]>, Silvan <[email protected]> wrote:
>Joe Blow wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results?
>> Different stain? Different approach?
>
>Paint it red.
>
The short answer is, that it doesn't matter *what* he does, oak ain't gonna
look like cherry. Period.
--
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:40:29 -0500, Joe Blow <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I want to stain a entertainment cabinet made of light oak and oak
>veneer to look more like cherry.
>
>I just tried a test run with Minwax Cherry 235 stain but I found that
>the wood didn't absorb much of the stain after 15 mins.
>
>The oak has a natural finish on it now. I've only used furniture oil
>on it. I also tried rubbing the wood with paint thinner first, but i
>got the same results.
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results?
>Different stain? Different approach?
>
>Regards,
>Joe
Paint it red sounds like the best suggestion.
I think I'll live with it in oak until I make one in cherry.
Thanks to all who responded.
Regards,
Joe
I was wondering about the Min-Wax Red Mahogany
On 01 Dec 2003 16:49:20 GMT, [email protected] (Greg) wrote:
>You might try a "redwood" deck stain. That has a lot more red pigment than
>cherry stain.
Joe Blow wrote:
> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results?
> Different stain? Different approach?
Paint it red.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
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Hi JG,
Thanks for the reply.
The oil I was using was Formsby's lemon oil.
I will give your suggestion a try in a test spot.
Appreciated!
Regards,
Joe
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 05:46:20 -0500, JGS <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Hi Joe,
> You say it has furniture oil on it? Furniture oil is a generic name for
>a whole lot of mixtures some of which could have been adsorbed deeply
>into the raw wood therefore just rubbing the surface with solvent will
>not remove all the oil. If it were me (I would try this in an
>inconspicuous spot) I would wipe it down with solvent and then apply a
>coat of dewaxed shellac such as Seal Coat. I would then spray this with a
>toner mixture ( stain and top coat) and finish with clear top coat.
>Good luck, JG
>
>Joe Blow wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to stain a entertainment cabinet made of light oak and oak
>> veneer to look more like cherry.
>>
>> I just tried a test run with Minwax Cherry 235 stain but I found that
>> the wood didn't absorb much of the stain after 15 mins.
>>
>> The oak has a natural finish on it now. I've only used furniture oil
>> on it. I also tried rubbing the wood with paint thinner first, but i
>> got the same results.
>>
>> Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results?
>> Different stain? Different approach?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Joe