Dark Stain or Process - Advice Please

[sancho57]

Peter

I use general finishes stains and top coats.

I went to their site and they have a color chart

http://www.generalfinishes.com/professional-products/water-base-wood-stains-dyes/enduro-waterbase-dye-stain#.UQykfqXEUso

http://www.generalfinishes.com/professional-products/water-base-wood-stains-dyes/ready-match-stain-system#.UQyk6qXEUso

http://www.generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-base-wood-stains-dyes/water-base-wood-stains#.UQylL6XEUso

http://www.generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-base-wood-stains-dyes/waterbase-wood-dye-stains#.UQylUKXEUso

I think they use oak for the wood.  Hope this helps you. They also have a serires of  utube videos on how to apply their products.

Their site has the process in written form for the various types of stains they sell.

http://www.generalfinishes.com/sites/default/files/file_downloads/dye-stains.pdf

 

[Stone Message]

Many thanks Ron.

Peter

 

[tbellemare]

I hate it when my workshop gets cold and have to use smelly-fumey stuff - if you open the windows the temperature drops too much for whatever it is you are using and if you keep them shut then you choke!

Why live there?

Tom

EDIT:
I was born in North Dakota... It doesn't mean I must have 30-below winters.

 

[Stone Message]

I hate it when my workshop gets cold and have to use smelly-fumey stuff - if you open the windows the temperature drops too much for whatever it is you are using and if you keep them shut then you choke!

Why live there?

Tom

EDIT:
I was born in North Dakota... It doesn't mean I must have 30-below winters.

Although the weather can be rubbish at times (maybe lately worse) there is still the family, the friends, the culture and so many other things. I spent 33 years on the road with the Army, lived in 19 different homes and had to wave goodbye to so many friends after just a couple of years acquaintance. I am just glad to be home - but I reserve the right to moan every now and then about the cold.

Peter

 

[tiralie]

Why live there?

Tom:
It's nice there now but I hear those summers in Texas are very hot. I know it's not Houston (where my brother lives) but 95+ with that humidity in the summers can be brutal.
BTW, I really liked Austin when I visited.
Tim

 

[Stone Message]

I had lunch with the clients today and I showed some samples of Jacobian Oak spirit stain on various woods.

They liked the Ash best but want a darker, more even dark finish.

Peter

 

[tjbnwi]

Brush some tea on the ash and try the vinegar mix.

If Homestead Finishing ships across the pond they have black dye and other colorents;

http://www.homesteadfinishingproducts.com/htdocs/stains.htm

They have a forum also which may be of great help to you.

Tom

 

[Stone Message]

Thanks Tom. I will check them out.

Peter