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Wood Stain

paulm

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Inspired by Neil Lawton I needed to get to the shed straight after work tonight to have a go on my newly delivered stain and thinners. No measuring was done with the thinners/stain just a pippet (long 7mm tube) of thinners and a few drops of stain till it had a good colour. Neil had used Sycamore and so I thought Sycamore Root would be good. I also have plenty of Hornbeam that is the same colour as Sycamore and a bit bland. I was very dissapointed with the Sycamore, the stain didn't want to soak into the grain but the Hornbeam just went... well WOW. I will try normal Sycamore later because it obviously is good as Neil has shown and maybe a bit of Holly as well.

Here is one person that didn't like staining... converted :thumbs:

Sycamore at the top and Hornbeam at the bottom.
 

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what type of stain and what colour paul i have some maple which is a bit boring so i could have a go at some staining
the hornbeam looks lovely


Alan
 
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Only just a smidge of blue can be seen in the Sycamore as you say Paul, but that Hornbeam certainly comes to life my friend .. :thumbs:
 
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I agree, the hornbeam is spot on.. Nice brace of pens there tho..:thumbs:

I have a wedge of spalted hornbeam that looks great but some of it may benifit from a dose of stain..:thinks:
 
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Alanp said:
what type of stain and what colour paul i have some maple which is a bit boring so i could have a go at some staining
the hornbeam looks lovely


Alan
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I got the Chestnut Rainbow Colours Alan.
 
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Nice attempts, Paul. As you say the sycamore seems to just have a bit of 'dirty' blue smudging here and there. The hornbeam looks good, just wondering what the dark blotches are up near the clip in the second pic?
 
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I'm still not convinced about this staining lark, some looks OK, but the sycamore just doesn't look natural to me. Otherwise, nice pens Paul, as usual.:down::down:
 
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Nice experiment Paul -all of these woods are new to me but agree with others that the Hornveam looks the biz :thumbs:
 
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