I have to make a panel to finish a new wall oven cutout and after some fiddling at a local paint store have found that yellow over red oak is a very good match. The person at the store didn't have any stain that would work but used regular yellow paint to see how it looked. She didn't know the specifics of how to make a yellow stain from paint but said that it could be done. So what I'd like to try is to make a yellow stain by thinning yellow paint, but I'm not sure what the proper mixture would be, or whether to use latex or oil-based paint. The cabinets I'm matching are straw colored with gray and pink/red graining accentuated. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Stacy