We're doing some remodeling of our kitchen. On the list is refinishing the cabinets so we're testing out color combinations on scraps of wood. The cabinets are red oak and in order to bring out the grain pattern on some scrap I had in the shop, I wiped some BLO on it. On a whim, I also grabbed a can of Tung Oil. In the end, we'll end up staining them with some sort of color, though. A few days later, the BLO still looks great. Nice depth. The pieces that we've stained for color matching just don't look as nice anymore. Very flat, even after an application of poly over it. In the past, I've done different layers of color... color over dark stain, etc, that looks nice, but I'm wondering if there's another way to increase the 'depth' of the color. I need to get my finishing book back from my friend because it's all a bit confusing to me.. what can be applied over what, etc. Thanks for any tips! Mark
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19 years ago