25-11-2011, 11:48 PM
After surface preperation, apply a light "solvent" based stain (if required) over the whole job then varnish or oil up, avoid water based stain and all in one stain cum varnish if possible. "solvent" based stains give the best results for DIY, you can stain a whole floor with out any "stain / overlap shading" whatsoever with this kind of stain if applied correctly, it dries to a good flat finish.
A good coloured stain to start off with is a "solvent" based "light oak" (Colron) this can be made even lighter by thinning with spirit "Antique Pine" stains tend to turn out darker that you may think, avoid "mahogany" stain if you can. unless you really want that colour as it rarely turns out right especially on pine or spruce venners or timber.
Hope this is of some use.
Lawrence.
A good coloured stain to start off with is a "solvent" based "light oak" (Colron) this can be made even lighter by thinning with spirit "Antique Pine" stains tend to turn out darker that you may think, avoid "mahogany" stain if you can. unless you really want that colour as it rarely turns out right especially on pine or spruce venners or timber.
Hope this is of some use.
Lawrence.
