Staining a shelf?

Question

About 8 years ago we bought some expensive Tapley furniture, in 'Burgundy Oak' for lounge and dining room. Beaver & Tapley Ltd has recently gone out of business. We need to add a shelf. So far my searches have proved in vain. However, I could bid for a few 2nd hand shelves in the TEAK option, from ebay.

Would it make sense to contact a local carpenter/decorator/whatever and ask him to stain the teak shelf to an appropriate shade? Obviously, if it was simply a matter of choosing the right tin and applying it, I'd do it myself. But presumably the hard part would be first sanding it down to bare wood, and I'm not confident of doing that.

What would the experts here think the likelihood would be of a good-looking match please?

robkgraham · Accepted Answer

Staining to a match is a skilled job. For a start have you realised that teak is a red coloured wood essentially while oak is pale yellow so it would be impossible to get teak to look like oak?

I would suggest that as it is simply a shelf you are after that the speediest, cheapest in terms of effort and least hassle approach is to go to the local carpenter/furniture maker and either get a piece of oak made up to fit or oak faced mdf. It is just a shelf after all and will be covered with books, etc so not much of will show. Don't go to a decorator unless he has specific knowledge of staining wood.

Rob

Rob Morley · Answer

He has "Burgundy Oak" which, as the name suggests, is a purplish red colour.

Terry Pinnell · Answer

Sorted! Happily I've found a company (Jaycee Furniture) that boughtthe Tapley stocks and rights of manufacture.

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