25-11-2011, 12:06 PM
Hi,
I've mentioned this before but it's worth mentioning again; I once made a new cabinet (my first) and veneered it using lovely contrasting veneers and admit I felt rather pleased with it after fighting the veneers which refused to behave due to my inexpeience.
My happiness soon disappeared though when I stained it. I hadn't realized that after staining all the veneers would look exactly the same colour. I expected the lighter coloured veneers to retain the contrast after staining.
I've since had similar problems with stringing and cross banding where I went to great lengths to mask where the stain was not needed. Stain is very searching and creeps under masking tape. I'm willing to learn so if anyone has an easy solution to this problem I'm all ears.
I believe Steve; if you stain you will lose the contrast of the two light coloured inlay stripes on your cabinet.
Kind regards, Col.
I've mentioned this before but it's worth mentioning again; I once made a new cabinet (my first) and veneered it using lovely contrasting veneers and admit I felt rather pleased with it after fighting the veneers which refused to behave due to my inexpeience.
My happiness soon disappeared though when I stained it. I hadn't realized that after staining all the veneers would look exactly the same colour. I expected the lighter coloured veneers to retain the contrast after staining.
I've since had similar problems with stringing and cross banding where I went to great lengths to mask where the stain was not needed. Stain is very searching and creeps under masking tape. I'm willing to learn so if anyone has an easy solution to this problem I'm all ears.
I believe Steve; if you stain you will lose the contrast of the two light coloured inlay stripes on your cabinet.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
