Staining Oak to Cherry Question

Nov 28, 2003 8 Replies
J

Hi,



I want to stain a entertainment cabinet made of light oak and oak veneer to look more like cherry.



I just tried a test run with Minwax Cherry 235 stain but I found that the wood didn't absorb much of the stain after 15 mins.



The oak has a natural finish on it now. I've only used furniture oil on it. I also tried rubbing the wood with paint thinner first, but i got the same results.



Does anyone have a suggestion on how I might improve my results? Different stain? Different approach?



Regards, Joe


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J

Hi JG,

Thanks for the reply.

The oil I was using was Formsby's lemon oil.

I will give your suggestion a try in a test spot.

Appreciated!

Regards, Joe

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D

The short answer is, that it doesn't matter *what* he does, oak ain't gonna look like cherry. Period.

-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

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J

Paint it red sounds like the best suggestion.

I think I'll live with it in oak until I make one in cherry.

Thanks to all who responded.

Regards, Joe

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G

You might try a "redwood" deck stain. That has a lot more red pigment than cherry stain.

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L

I was wondering about the Min-Wax Red Mahogany

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L

I guess it's posible to make it look "more like" cherry, but oak is not going to look like cherry no matter what kind of stain you put on it.

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