Decent Teak effect/colour on pine?

[Kaptain Kremin]

Hi,

the quesiton is, do i stain or varnish? I would like just a natural non glosst Teak finish to py pine doors and architrave, anyone recommend a good stain,varnish method to attain this?

thanks v much

Al

[Kaptain Kremin]

Thanks Andy,

can you recommend any good brands that offer a close match?

[Andy Dingley]

Use a coloured varnish. Pine (and generic softwoods) varies in its absorbtion, so staining isn't going to end up too even. Also pine has visible figure that teak doesn't, so you'll want to hide that somewhat, or it will always just look like painted pineywood.

[Rick Hughes]

I wanted ASH colour on pine - I contacted SIKKENS, they sent me a load of match pots of their interior stains for free. Also a pot of their clear top coat .... excellent customer service form them

Rick