I was recently commissioned to strip and refinish an old table. It's all solid wood, heavily built...........................and came with multiple layers of finish! Guy's, I really should have run from this one.
So with multiple applications of stripper, loads of scraping, and a ton of sanding, I discovered that the table was mostly oak( It came with cherry legs and a cherry leaf!). The only problem; one side is some of the most beautiful red oak I have seen. Loads of colour! The other side is some very white, white oak.
I have applied minwax red oak stain and even though I let it soak on the white side longer, you can still see a difference. What I thought I might do is let the stain dry, then lightly sand the darker side and reapply a light coat of finish.
Any thoughts that might give me better results?
So with multiple applications of stripper, loads of scraping, and a ton of sanding, I discovered that the table was mostly oak( It came with cherry legs and a cherry leaf!). The only problem; one side is some of the most beautiful red oak I have seen. Loads of colour! The other side is some very white, white oak.
I have applied minwax red oak stain and even though I let it soak on the white side longer, you can still see a difference. What I thought I might do is let the stain dry, then lightly sand the darker side and reapply a light coat of finish.
Any thoughts that might give me better results?
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