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Re: stain/wood combination to match Boston Cherry
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Joined: Mar 2010
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General Finishes. Found in woodworking stores.
Depending on species choice, I'd sart w/ Black Cherry. You can drastically change the top color of the stain by underdying first, a red, maybe orange.
Apply sealer coat after dye and again after stain. Sand lightly with used 220 (or new 320) before first coat of varnish.
Minwax oil-based products are very good. Their water-based ones suck. I'd use a good quality wipe on poly, 3+ coats, 320 hand-sanding in between coats.
Good luck!
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Re: stain/wood combination to match Boston Cherry
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Joined: Oct 2006
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Perfect timing! Back goes the water based can I bought last night to experiment with. I'm glad it was too muggy to bother getting into a messy job last night.
This is starting to be too much like a chemistry lab project in school. LOL! I hated chemistry. Loved physics. Well, at least until the advanced math started getting the better of me. As my proff told me, I was a master of concept but would always be an unwitting slave to the formulae.
With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.
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Re: stain/wood combination to match Boston Cherry
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Joined: Aug 2009
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I used the oil based product. I didn't realize they had a water based one.
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Re: stain/wood combination to match Boston Cherry
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Clarification: all water based products suck and not just Minwax. But they dry quick, easy clean up and they don't stink. Pick your poison.
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