My sister works part-time as an interior designer and helped design a large number of built-ins for a new construction project. They were built with maple veneer plywood by the contractor. The customer wants them stained to offset them from the natural maple floors and they come up with a gray color they like by mixing together some Minwax pigment stain products. When they applied the stain to some scrap test pieces, the results were terrible. Apparently the veneer is made of book-matched 4 inch strips and it came out looking candy striped. Alternating strips are dark and light and she said it looks ridiculous. The contractor said that he conditioned the wood before staining. Any ideas on how to correct this situation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance=85
Scott