Do you know how we can do that? Any solid wood product can be sanded down and re-finished. Rockler has a great selection of gel stains that I use frequently. If your existing finish is a lighter wood tone similar to or such as Minwax® Wood Finish™ colors, Natural, Golden Oak, Ipswich Pine, Puritan Pine, Golden Pecan, Fruitwood, Driftwood, Early American, Cherry or Pickled Oak, changing color with PolyShades® is quite easy.. Just keep in mind that whichever PolyShades® color … they are beautiful Maple stained, but we are having issues with the stain flaking off or peeling off.. what is causing this? Wildly contrasting, this hue enhances most color palettes and creates a warm, inviting atmosphere. I am extremely happy with my results, and here’s how I did it. Just an FYI post. This week’s question comes from Darin. I’ve tried Cabot Ebony, Minwax Ebony, Miwax Dark Walnut Gel Stain, sanded from all ranges from 120 to 220, sealed with Minwax wood conditioner or just strait to the wood but I cannot just get a nice smooth dark color. Ipswich Pine 221, Minwax® Wood Finish™ After reading several of your posts and other website’s comments I am thinking this is not what I should do. And if you are using a stain, I think you’re fine mixing birch and maple. Will the wood eventually, after say so many coats start to darken or is that attempt completely futile? I was going to try to lightly sand the top and then put another coat of the stain on. thanks! Most “fixes” for something like this just wind up obscuring the grain. The blotches are significant enough to ruin the entire look. Dark Walnut. I’m so happy to have found this website with down to earth advice and am looking forward to having some direction. I might try a slightly different order. Winter Sky, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain While I love the product and the application process has been fantastic, the color is much closer to black than I anticipated. My customer wants it stained with a dark color stain like Jacobean. I just saw some of your videos on youtube and I really enjoyed it. However, there are millions of products and services on the web, and I only promote those products or services that I would use personally. Also, the stain needs to be thoroughly mixed before application, in order to get the colorants uniformly distributed in the stain. Royal Cherry on White Maple. so yeah i got it to work. View Wood Stain colour range available & order swatches online for free! Royal Mahogany, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Although neither one of them will be very fun. When staining soft maple Kitchen doors and drawers from a millworks shop the painter applied a special walnut stain directly to the raw wood. Hi there – I stumbled across your site and thought maybe you might have some suggestions for our predicament. I am staining my oak stairs to match my “gunstock” coloured flooring. But they will obscure the grain more than a dye. ”. It doesn’t matter whether you are flusing a dye or a stain, maple woods need to be pre sealed before applying. Always test stain on a hidden area to verify desired color. Apr 15, 2018 - Explore Charlie Battles's board "maple stain" on Pinterest. I was able to use a medium brown dye to slightly color the blond toned maple and then applied a 1lb cut of shellac and then my gel stain and the results were what I wanted. Spice, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Terracotta, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Botanical, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Please Help! Hey Melissa. Since you already have these materials on hand, this is what I would use. I wish that I had read your web site a couple of weeks ago. I will post again when I get the result. All that said, if you really want to do the filler route, I would recommend checking out Timbermate Wood Filler. The quartz countertop here, Blanco Maple from Silestone , has a subtle amber-colored aggregate in it that picks up on the glowing wood stain color. If you have the resources, I suggest educated experimenting and ask a lot of questions. It isn’t idea but they are very similar looking woods. Also, does the gel stain work best, do you have a recommendation for a darker brown look, No yellow or red tones. Natural Beige, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Choose an option below to learn more about how stain colors help … American Chestnut, Minwax® PolyShades® Colour Wall Assistant. How durable are they and what kind of finish can you use on them. Hi I recently bought a solid maple hutch and buffet that I wish to refinish. I put a second coat of the same stain on it and the next morning it’s like you can actually see some of the strokes I took putting the stain on after the second coat. I am not sure where to start. Yeah most times when a stain doesn’t take, it comes down to improper preparation or something in the wood itself that doesn’t allow the stain to penetrate. Old Masters dark walnut gel stain to be exact: http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mast.....B000I1AP1K From what I’ve read, gel stain sort of paints on top of the wood, and doesn’t penetrate it as much. Woods take stain differently so maple will have a different result than pine, fir, or oak for example. I am refinishing a antique wagon wheel bed era 1940-1950’s. Would really appreciate it if you can provide some pointers. I would also consider no stain at all but would at least like color of the wood to have some “color” other than the white look it has now. I work for a premier guitar company and have stained my fair share of maple! Three months ago my brother installed new maple pantry doors with glas in my kitchen. They have been reproduced using digital production techniques. I’ve read blogs and blogs on this and you are the only guy that actually tries to answer the question (thank you). Verdigris, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain That said, waterborne finishes are getting better and better every year. Should I seal with that CN sealcoat product, or the Bulls Eye sealcoat shellac diluted by 50% with denatured alcohol? A local guy around here who does finishing for me (when I’m not too cheap or to busy to do it myself) claims to use either a water or alcohol based stain. :). To make a quart of my favorite stain for maple, I combine equal parts of “Vintage maple” and “Honey amber” to make an ounce of concentrated dye. thanks for your advice, but up here in the wilderness of Canada, we don’t have General Finishes Gel stains. Exterior 450 Stain Colors … Randall, shugdrumcompany.com. NOTE: Due to variances in computer monitors, colors displayed may vary from actual stain colors. Actual color, tint, detail and other appearances may vary from what appears on your computer monitor. (A late “Congrats” on the kid by the way, they really change things, huh? Hey Rob. Thanks again for the reply. I would like white floors (semi gloss) for a bedroom and thought I would try to get this by staining maple wood white. I like to work with concentrated liquid dyes for several reasons. You should be able to get just about any color with a good quality dye. Thank you. Red Chestnut 232, Minwax® Wood Finish™ My plan was to go dark, but as I researched and read more and more on how to stain maple dark, I became dismayed: it seemed like the entire internet was telling me it was impossible to stain maple dark successfully. Hi Kylie. Thank you, Hi Julia. Thank you. They accentuate the wood’s texture, are self-priming, and compared to other types of finishes, they provide a high amount of protection for your surface. would you recommend that as an easy fix. Windsor Oak, Minwax® Water Based WoodSheen® I recommend Charles Neal formula outlined in this article: http://www.thewoodwhisperer.co.....-them-all/. Colonial Maple. Classic Gray. I am renting a sander…that is my start. Are we crazy? The contractor used Minwax, Early American. Fruit Punch, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain My Mom suggested a conditioner do I just finished applying that the night before last and it helped a lot on one door. I would totally post pics but i don’t see an option for that. Red Mahogany 225, Minwax® Wood Finish™ I mixed this color myself since I couldn’t find the color I wanted which is a dark cherry with a hint of walnut. I am building kitchen cabinets using maple plywood and soft maple lumber for the raised panel doors. What cut of shellac are you using? I am using the Polyshades stains with the varathane built in. Giving your home a perfect color palette goes beyond paint. Don’t be afraid to experiment. Gel stain, gel stain, gel stain. English Chestnut. English Oak, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Fast Dry Pigmented Wiping Stains. Flood it on the surface and wipe off the excess for a nice even color. I have read many blogs about using dyes, shellacs and gel stains. I think I am going to give this website to my cabinet guy maybe it will help.. thank you for your time. Additional colors from other color palettes are available through the ColorTools package. I lightly sanded and as pplied a custom stain. I got a beautiful dinning table made out of knotted line that I tried to stain with Minmax Jacobean. Pine and birch were both splotchy and inconsistent. ), and I’ve had problems. Just about any clear finish will do that for you. The Wood Whisperer abides by word of mouth marketing standards and holds integrity in the highest regard. Should I request new doors. The birch ply has a very busy grain much like your website background. Now my problem. Most others say that it’s stupid to try or ask why even do it. (When we removed a built in bookcase, it was clear that the floor had been stained a warm, golden honey color before it was white.) In order for a finish like that to work properly, you probably don’t want to apply too many coats. After reading the entries above, I’ve wondered if its possible to add a thin coat of shellac now and continue staining to get my darker colour, or must I start over. I know I’ll need to do lots of prep work and would appreciate a recommendation for a stripper that I can get a hold of. Natural Peach, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain The reason I asked about the birch ply is that the grain is way busy in comparison to the soft maple face, but we shall see! Apply your next color. I have maple cabinets they were stained but was not aware that veneers were use to apply the stain and the veneers are coming loose can the veneers be re glue or can I remove the veneers and paint them instead. This might be a good question to throw to the folks in the forum: http://woodtalkonline.com. Cinnamon, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain What can we do? I hope it works as I am nickel and diming myself to death on stain. You just might be sealing the surface a bit too much, so you aren’t getting the color change you should be. Any finish left in the wood will inhibit absorption of stain, which might very well be what your already seeing when you try to stain. So if the Candlelight is too red, you can always follow up with a coat of java to darken it up. Will pre-sealing with shellac close up the end grain (the “curl”) and hide it? And even it it doesn’t fill it completely, I personally think a natural-looking dent is better than a perfectly flat filled surface. Pipestone on White Maple. “Blochiness of coarse” Would you kindly write back to me and give advice on how to go about staining my floors. Let us know how it works out for you. In Darin’s case, from the “orange” tone he describes, maybe a slight amount of blue-green, green, or yellow-green tint in the shellac sanding sealer would produce the brown color he wants in the finished (pun intended) product. The SW recommendation is not bad for a wood that isn’t prone to blotch. I’ve already tried three coats of dark walnut minwax stain. I’ve tried rustoleum premium wood care “Kona”. Oh and keep in mind you might just be able to use a water-based dye to the same end. But if you have HVLP it can be done. Staining maple is generally not recommended by finish manufacturers since the dense grain does not allow the penetration of most pigments. They have been reproduced using digital production techniques. The grayer areas are not so easy. How-To's & Advice. Will the corners be darker. Hi Susan. Sometimes, I ‘ve been in a hurry and did not mix the stain and later found that some of the colorant had settled to the bottom of the container, giving me a much different result than I expected. Just reading aout Darins letter and the fact that he used a gel stain might be the route to take. Once it cures, just topcoat with your finish of choice and you’ll be good to go. Ultimately, this is why I would never deliver a piece of furniture without showing the client a test sample so they can see exactly what they are getting. Multi coats? Laura. I was doing some random surfing when I came across this discussion about staining maple. Does spraying have an advantage over the gel or am I just dreaming I read that somewhere. thanks, I have just begun staining our kitchen cabinets and have applied 2 coats of General Finishes Java so far. My primary concern is getting dark without blotchiness. Would applying a sealer first give it some color. Would you recommend a gel stain or an alcohol based one? I have used this before on a different type of wood it was a perfect color! Can someone please help me???? Thanks. Thanks. Thanks! We chose custom, high-end, poplar Pearl Grey, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Total newbie and DIY’er here sharing my $0.02 on staining maple dark. Given my current schedule, I can’t make any promises. he thought the water would dissolve the finish. My suggestion would be to stop using the Minwax stain. When we got in contact with the project manager for the construction company, he told us the company had gone bankrupt. And you may never get perfect results. What do you suggest as lacquer? Hey Bill. I was told to do a dark stain on them because that is the only way that Maple will turn out ok. Woodrose, Minwax® Water Based White Wash Pickling Stain, Minwax® Water Based White WashPickling Stain Green Tea, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Something that dries quickly, doesn’t absorb too deep, and potentially obscures the grain a bit. Monitor appearances and characteristics vary. Diluted/missed stain? Hope this advice helps. I am using General Finishes wipe on gel which I have used before with success. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. Maple is very difficult to stain to match, since it doesn't soak up the stain very well Now I'm open to correction by experts, but that sentence sounds incorrect. He prefers water but it seems the alcohol based works better. Rob. Many thanks in advance for your thoughts, A, Well you can certainly add dye to the mixture to change the color. Early American 230, Minwax® Wood Finish™ What about when dying curly maple? I use them all the time but they take some getting used to in terms of application. I … Also, if you have a spray setup, you could always use a dye mixture to get a nice even brown color. When I started building I started with cabinet grade 3/4″ birch ply without really knowing where I was going to find birch stock, and it is hard to find in my area hence my switching the face to maple. I was very lucky to pick up a mid century library card catalog cabinet for a song. (Kind of frustrating when you want to conserve wood for future samples.) Unfortunately, blotch is easy to prevent and difficult to fix. In the curls, quilt or figure of the maple there are varying densities in the wood. thanks for your response! I have no experience finishing or refinishing floors, but I have done plenty of pieces of furniture. Hopefully the filler will get you close to the natural background color. Even Lee Valley, (and there head offices are in Canada). You can do this, but I highly recommend going with an alcohol or lacquer-based stain. Hey Marc, sorry about that. the stain used was Gemini Gem Tone Lacccuer wiping stain 770 stain base.it was a 50/50 mix of red mahogany and american walmut. Went to Sherwin Williams and picked a stain of Fruitwood for a light finish. Deep Ocean, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain colours made with the White Tint Base, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain We will also have to protect it from all the wiping and spilling that happens on restaurant counters, but we still want it to have that natural weathered gray look. Or should I just embrace the differences? Our contractor has stained them and clear coated them (once). And no, they don’t dissolve with water contact. Keep in mind that many commercial finishers use toners and pigmented stains. or is that going to be a matter of dealing with it every so often and sanding it down and refinishing it? Vermont Maple, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain One of my top favorite stain colors is Minwax Provincial, I’ve used it a lot! Always test stain on a hidden area of the wood to verify desired colour. It seems that my husband used the common hard white maple and my cabinet man used a soft Pacific Coast Maple. It is also a very dark brown. There’s really no way I can answer that for you. It is such a nice job, I don’t want to foul it up with a poor stain results. What is the difference between the wood conditioner and shellac? :) I don’t think you’ll find a closer match than maple. Please educate your customer showing samples of the system you will use on the floor. Colour Chart. Thanks for the feedback.The headboard is large and has been pieced together with small headless nails and dowels. Can I play around with the gel stain colors until I get it approved!! I actually just got back from Rockler and I picked up the Bullseye schellac and a “Brown Mahogany” Transtint along with some GF Java Gel Stain. We have been told that there are 9 coats of stain/finish on the floor. Long story short, I’m left with cabinets that look as if someone did a horrible job of trying to distress them, not the look I want. Call Toll Free: 888-598-1450 7 Days a Week 10am - 10pm Eastern Std. Now if that stain still isnt dark enough, then you might want to move to a darker gel stain. A crack is sometimes easier since it goes with the grain. I have deduced that the grain is tighter than other woods, and that instant color grabbing was not going to happen and by letting it sit, the pigment was allowed to seep in. The more experience I get in woodworking, the more I realize I need to learn more. I have read above about using shellac as a sanding sealer before using gel stain, but I was concerned about the moisture tolerance since it was a bathroom. From there, I’d have to analyze the results. I would contact a floor coatings expert for something like that. I have strip and sanded the complete cabinet and wash. And although you have no protective film on the wood yet, you DO have the color. July 16, 2012 : Staining Maple a Dark Color Here's a variety of suggestions for getting Maple to take a dark, even stain. – For the best). It was a two part clear solution that would chemically react with the wood to make it gray. Your detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated. Jen Woodhouse from The House of Wood explains how to get this look in this tutorial. That sounds like a reasonable finish schedule to me Frank. I would probably start by using some Charles Neil blotch control, followed by a dark brown dye, and finishing up with General Finishes Java gel stain. is it okay to use polyshade? Once that dries, then I would switch to the lacquer toner mix. Cherry Blossom, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Can you please help in suggesting what should I do to achieve Jacobean stain look? Designed and developed by Underscorefunk Design. I’m not sure where to find gel stain in my part of Ontario (southern Bruce County for you fellow Canucks out there). It’s just a question of whether or not you want to do the work. Working with Linseed Oil Dip the end of a rag or brush into linseed or tung oil. I prefer General Finishes. Hi Kathy. Brazilian Rosewood, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain colours made with the Clear Tint Base, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain I need it;). Selective sanding usually doesn’t yield very good results. The problem is trying to fill the dings and some “pullout” where the planer gouged too deeply. Given this, please assume that any links leading you to products or services are affiliate links that we will receive compensation from. Old Masters Stain has a variety of color selections. There are some dings and a small crack in the top I would like to fill prior to staining. “Hey Darin. Minwax® PolyShades® is an easy way to change the color of your currently stained or polyurethane finished wood. By the third time, it looked as if they’d fixed whatever was wrong and the color was beautiful, but the peeling started again not long after the entire job was completed. I would probably drop all the way back down to the lowest grit you started with. Create a weathered farmhouse-style finish with Varathane Wood Stain and Rust-Oleum Chalked Paint. Is it doomed to clash and look stupid? Manor Oak, Minwax® Water Based WoodSheen® Both dyes and gel stains are capable of producing brilliant colors. Sounds like a potential preparation issues to me. How do I do this? Coming along nicely. I’ll admit that I’m an rank amateur, but I’ve never had a staining project go quite so badly. We have factory finished very very dark maple hardwood floors. I used poplar for the faceframes, drawer fronts, and door frames with 1/2 inch birch for the door panels. I don’t use these so I can’t make a specific recommendation but those are the keywords that should get you started in your search. On three different occasions, the cabinet company removed the cabinets to refinish those that were peeling. Then, apply your topcoat of choice. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Bru...../202700081 Coffee, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Special Walnut 224, Minwax® Wood Finish™ Book a Colour Consultant. I recommend following the concepts outlined in this video: http://www.thewoodwhisperer.co.....chy-woods/. And here was my reply: Visit Our Design Center! When sanding down through one of my test boards, you could see the dye in the grain move through the wood the deeper you sand. Copyright © 2006-2020 The Wood Whisperer Inc. Hey Kathy. Driftwood, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Question I have finished my entertainment center and it looks great but I have come to the knowledge that maple is hard to stain and achieve an even color. Tell me where can I get dark cherry finish? actually, i went ahead and put an even layer of mahogany danish oil and left the piece over night, and did that for 3 nights and it has reached the desired goal. But if you use General Finishes Java on top of that, you might very well love the results. Toffee, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain But the preparation process is definitely the first place I’d investigate. I just wanted to thank you for all the info. Here’s the short version: use gel stain! Should we sand and leave them natural? All content on The Wood Whisperer is copyrighted, and may not be reprinted in full form without my written consent. I was thinking that might bring the cabinets to more of rich chocolate color…. Do a few tests on scrap to find what works for you. I used a the pre stain wood conditioner from minwax since that is what our local store had. I hope the General Finishes is the answer to my woes. Staining maple is way easier than many would lead you to believe. View Product Page. I have a 96×20 desk I have made from ambrosia maple. Hunter Green, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Im trying differnet methods conditioners as well as stains and yet, I stiil cant figure out why it comes out the way it does. Also I would like your opinion. . Since you paid good money for this thing, I really think it is the contractor’s responsibility to get someone in there that knows what they are doing. I picked maple because I want a smooth clean look and maple has the least visible wood grain. Honey Comb, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain then some sanding and recoating, tthen sand again. So you still have to sand down far enough to get the color out. I need some guidance on how to sand, stain maple hardwood floor. lol. Cafe on Alder. Samples of maple stains and maple finishes in 22 different Ohio Certified Stain colors. Colors are shown on White Oak. To learn how PolyShades® can help you easily change the colour of your stained or polyurethane finished wood, view the PolyShades® Colour Transformation Guide. I am going to pick up some general finishes java tomorrow (and some schellac) and try that. They have a really nice Java color that is a beautiful dark brown. You also might consider using a chemical stripper just to make sure you get all that finish off the surface. Help please. So what you’re seeing is the natural ambering qualities of oil-based finishes. Minwax® Wood Finish™ Looking for advice. Thanks. I am tempted to use the steel wool and then a thin coat of a dark brown stain to get it closer to the gunstock colour but would really like a second opinion?????? I want to use a cinnamon or pecan color for my maple hardwood. Hopefully it can be done without calling in the big floor sanders. Hi Denise. Then I recommend using a gel stain. But to answer your other question about what you should have used, my recommendation would have been waterborne finish. Maple is one of the most difficult woods to achieve a dark, uniform stain color on because it is a dense, closed grain wood and often absorbs stain very unevenly. DIY Painting. finish started peeling immediately, before the job was finished. But from what you describe, it sounds like water-based might be right up your alley. So i have had zero luck getting anything to look remotely close to the dark stairs , columns and trim . Can you recommend a brand of stripper that will cut through this seemingly rock hard finish? What are your reccommended materials for a door that will be in high humidity like a bathroom? If you like the look of dark floors, then I say go for the darker color. But this would be a good topic for the future. * Sanded using 24, 36, 80, 100 grit paper. Chestnut. kindly let me know what perticular conditioner to use as well as the type of stain product to go with. Hopefully that helps. Had I known what a nightmare this was going to be, just beginning woodworking, spending 2000 dollars on tools and wood already for my 10 piece full wall bookcase, I would have spent the extra money on another type of wood. Hi Diana. * GEL STAIN. By pre-sealing the wood with shellac, you can even out the color absorption. Upon applicaton of the second coat of stain, blotches appeared on a few of the doors fronts and some of the cabinet face frames. I wouldn’t add any shellac as that will actually make it harder to get the color you are after. The Pacific Coast Maple has quite a bit of red that seems to come through and looks really bad with gray. I used Minwax conditioner before I stain but still blotchy. Simply give it a light sanding with fine-grit sandpaper, remove sanding dust, and brush on a coat of PolyShades® (see step-by-step instructions provided in this Guide). You can read about it here: http://www.thewoodwhisperer.co.....-them-all/ Use this material before the stain and then follow SW’s instructions. I want to go as dark as I can but still be able to see the grain. 1st thing is sandpaper the wood The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely our own. Before You Paint. The combination took the espresso stain evenly and produced the desired affect, a nice even dark color with some grain showing. “cuts” of shellac refer to the dilution. Harvest Gold, Minwax® Water Based Wood Stain Either way, I would recommend sealing the surface first with shellac, then adding your coats of toner. Its really sad to see a grown man cry:-{ Any help would be the best way to know for sure is to use water based EZ. 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