After sanding off the finish on a sash, one of the rails is made up of several small segments of wood joined together with finger joints. The owner wants to stain the sash. The area in question will be inconspicuous. Is there a treatment of some kind that will hide the presence of the finger joints and the different grains yet still allow me to stain the stile? I don’t care if there is no grain showing only that the refinished stile matched the stain on the other stiles. Thanks.
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The only possible way to hide the finger joints is with a veneer that can be stained. You could try a gel stain, then let the owner decide if this is acceptable.
mike
A reasonable answer I would think that is by somebody that did it before!
I veneered the sash on an entire house years ago. Customer wanted stained trim, painted sash didn't work for them. Fairly easy job to do. I applied hot hide glue to the sash, then applied veneer after glue dried. I used a heat gun and veneer roller. About two hours to apply glue to twenty windows, another six or seven hours to apply veneer. Best thing about hide glue,the glue takes a stain well,unlike white or yellow glues. Some glue seeped out to the muntins & mullions, but the stain hid it well.Dewaxed shellac and polyurathane varnish over cherry veneer.
mike
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