Staining Baltic Birch ply - FineWoodworking
Feb 19, 2006 · Stain doesn't penetrate birch and blotches to boot. But dye will penetrate easily allowing you to go as dark as you want. It also is less prone to blotching--won't totally eliminate it, but often makes the problem unobjectionable. Mix a powdered dye with distilled water and work out how concentrated to make it on some scrap of the same wood.
Best stain to make birch into cherry - FineWoodworking
Jan 8, 2004 · The orange dye (bottom section) does a nice job of enhancing the grain and figure in the wood. It also acts as a highlight color that shows through the stain. It gives the birch a greater sense of depth to mimic cherry a little better. The stain (middle section) provides most of the "cherry" color and the toner (dye in the finish; top section ...
Staining birch/maple to look like cherry - FineWoodworking
Ardito | Mar 01, 2005 05:57pm | #2. I have had GREAT success with making Maple look like Cherry with the Transtint dye's. Try it on scrap first. Either try the "Brown Mahogany" or the "Reddish Mahogany" Transtints. I like to dye, then wipe a very THIN coat of Boiled Linseed oil, then Shellac to seal it up, then my top coat of choice.
staining poplar and birch - FineWoodworking
Jan 6, 2008 · pocketscrew, One of my favorite stains for poplar and birch is somethig I make using asphaltic tar (you can get a chunk from your local roofer). You dissolve the tar with either mineral spirits or lacquer thinner and then brush it on (after getting the intensity of color by testing on a scrap of the wood you used).
Finishing Baltic birch plywood - FineWoodworking
Jul 3, 2019 · I've not spent a lot of time finishing Baltic Birch Plywood, I mostly use it for speaker baffles in amp cabinets I've built. For those, just some black spray paint has worked perfectly. But, latex paint is gonna need some kind of sizing, or sealer. My favorite, and quick go-to is …
Baltic Birch Disappearing? - FineWoodworking
Apr 13, 2022 · Some of our local suppliers refuse to even purchase it because they feel there was no money to be made unless they charge $150+ a sheet. There are a few ways to ask for baltic birch, baltic birch being a generic term for high grade voidless multiply. If a place says they’re out of 4x8 sheets, ask if they have 5x5.
Staining Plywood to Look Like Walnut - FineWoodworking
Nov 26, 2002 · This weeks project is a couple of medicine chests built in solid walnut, except the back. I found some cheap bead board type plywood for the backs, and attempted to stain it a dark walnut to match the hardwood. I know enough to condition soft woods before staining to prevent blotching, and dutifully applied Minwax Wood Conditioner, and applied ...
Staining Yellow Birch - FineWoodworking
Apr 27, 2009 · I have had good results staining blotch-prone woods such as birch & pine with Flecto Gel stains. Cover liberally with a brush & wipe down immediately with a cloth. After 24 hrs., topcoat with poly or my favourite is a sprayed pre-catalized …
Staining Birch - FineWoodworking
Nov 18, 2006 · It seems the extra effort to stain the birch the way we wanted it negated the cost savings of using birch. We ended up using a pre-stain conditioner with a classic cherry color stain. The conditioner was essential to achieve a non-blotchy finish, but it …
Staining Birch Plywood - FineWoodworking
Jan 4, 2010 · The real risk of "blotchiness" comes from trying to stain birch with a stain combining pigment and dye--the typical consumer dye. But since you want to keep it light you will have much less problem with that. For really light, you have two basic options.