I am trying to match the stain color on an Early American chest of
drawers. The material in the chest is maple, but the material I am
using in my project is alder.
Zar Vermont Maple is the closest to the color that I have found but it's
not right. I've never used any dyes before and I need some help.
Thanks.
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GrayFox <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to match the stain color on an Early American chest of
> drawers. The material in the chest is maple, but the material I am
> using in my project is alder.
>
> Zar Vermont Maple is the closest to the color that I have found but it's
> not right. I've never used any dyes before and I need some help.
>
> Thanks.
The advice I give my clients is to go to a paint store which deals to
the professionals. Every town has one. In most cases, there's a guy with
an eye for that kinda thing.
In my town there is a guy who does miracles....but keep in kind that a
match today, may not be a match in a couple of years... stuff ages.
It's a very difficult area of expertise.
Good luck.
GOOGLE for Liberon Color Theory. I use TransTint dyes to nudge colors
toward where we feel they should be when using toners.
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:21:13 -0500, GrayFox <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am trying to match the stain color on an Early American chest of
>drawers. The material in the chest is maple, but the material I am
>using in my project is alder.
>
>Zar Vermont Maple is the closest to the color that I have found but it's
>not right. I've never used any dyes before and I need some help.
>
>Thanks.
Matching a color is a very difficult task. Even if you manage a perfect
match on scraps, it might not match in the real piece.
Sometimes you have to mix two stains, or put two on in succession. I have
used both dyes and stains together.
In other words, it is a lot of trial and error.
If anyone has shortcuts, I would be thrilled to hear them.