I need to replace a piece of molding around a door. The original stain was "fruitwood", and is about 20 years old. I cut a piece of molding to fit and stained it with minwax fruitwood, but the original wood around the door is "orangier". Any ideas what I could do to match it?
-Jim
Buy several small amounts of stain and blend, blend blend. Unless you know the exact brand used originally the color is going to be hard to match.
You can try Home Depot. I think they will mix a stain to match.
Funny this question comes up now, Not more than an hour ago I had the same problem, woodwork in bedroom that is more than 40 years old. the frames around the windows are great but the moulding is all crapped up with various layers of paints and holes. I took an original piece to Lowes and the girl there matched it perfectly with an olympic stain.
Damn good thing, cause I didn't want to off shade too badly and I sure didn't want to replace all the woodwork.
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Quite often, single stains mixed to match old work don't stay matched.
Dyes and pigments fade, wood changes color, clearcoats amber...
geeze don't tell me that, it looks so good right now!
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