I'm working on some wood trim for a 1930's car, Up to now, I've only had to duplicate the original on a job like this, but I'm involved with the styling work on this one. The project is a Stutz open touring car and the paint is a creamy yellow. The owner wants something distinctive but tasteful for the dashboard and door trim. I like the idea of tiger maple and want to use a stain with yellow in it, such as golden oak, but much darker. The problem is that hard maple accepts this kind of stain much as a piece of stainless steel would, there's not much penetration. I was thinking of tinting the polyurethane and seeing if each coat would make the sample darker, but it would be much better to find a different kind of stain that had better penetration.
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18 years ago