Wood staining - how to?

[davegsm82]

We have some of that. Yes, I think it's waxed rather than oiled or varnished. As to which shade, you'd have to experiment a bit.

It's definitely not varnished, that's about as much as I can tell. The original waxy feel isn't there any more, which made me think of oil, combined with the smell when it was fresh.

Briwax is other finish which resembles your.

https://briwax.com/wp-content/uploads/20...0color.jpg

I've just had a look, yes, there are some there which definitely resemble the shade of this, I think I'd have to get some samples though as I think the finish depends strongly on the type of wood it's applied to. I'm not much of a cabinet restorer, in fact I've only relly ever done 2, my Cossor set and a Wartime Civilian set, which regrettably came out looking terrible after I tried the Danish oil on it, I need to strip it back and re-do it. 

It's unfortunate about the Civilian set as the case is likely to be made from cheap pine (there are stories of them being made from old pallets at the time) and i recon the finish on this new wood would come up much the same.

Looking at the growth rings and the distance between the nodes it smacks of Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) if it is you might be able to get some from your nearest homegrown sawmill, I used to saw tons of that stuff from sawlogs when I had the sawmill, it dries out very well without too much warping and dries out very quickly compared to other timbers, it was underrated for years, mainly consigned to pallet wood, major world sources used to be or might still be South Africa, Chili and New Zealand, quite common down here with some huge specimens.

Good luck.

Lawrence.

I already have the wood, although I haven't started building yet. The stuff I have here has a similar grain and overall appearance to the furniture, just very much fresh wood at the minute so I need to come up with something to get it looking the same