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   oldusty | Jul 03, 2009 05:26pm | #1

   Hi Mike ,

              Your design has got you in a fix .

          Without seeing your edge banding it's hard to say but possibly could you stain the White Oak before applying the banding?

      Or stain the entire piece it will still show contrast in the colors of the woods .

                  hang in there                     dusty

          

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   flairwoodworks | Jul 03, 2009 05:41pm | #2

   Mike,

   If the edge-banding is already applied, I think your best bet is to use as viscous a stain as you can get away with so that it doesn't soak in. Gels are better than wiping stains here.

   Chris @ www.flairwoodworks.com
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   Frank Vucolo | Jul 03, 2009 06:24pm | #3

   Hmmmm, if you've already inlaid the banding, that's going to be tough to do.

   I'm thinking though, that if you don't like the result, you have a repair option by routing out the banding you have in there and redoing the inlay once the oak has been stained.

   Put on a coat of dewaxed shellac to protect the stained oak while you rout out the inlay. Put in new banding, and bring it close to flush with a small block plane or sharp chisel - carefully. You probably won't be able to do much sanding here so carefully get it down the rest of the way with a card scraper then sand only enough so you don't sand through the shellac to flush things up.

   Shellac will sorta melt into the prior coat as new coats are applied, so with another coat of shellac or two you should be able to get the surface flat with 400 grit paper on a block. That dewaxed shellac base can be gone over with whatever finish you want to use.

   All that said, maybe you won't need the repair and the staining will work out to your satisfaction. However, I thought a "what if" might be in order.

   Good luck,

   Frank