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   Sphere | Jan 20, 2004 03:52am | #1

   MinWax...red mahogony..fix it right up.

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   gecko | Jan 20, 2004 04:13am | #2

   I once made paneling that covered an entire room, including the ceiling. it was maple but I still had colour differences to contend with. I finished it with what I call "presidential cherry" here are the steps I took.

   first I sanded to 220 as usual then I stained the piece with a custom stain similar to red mahogany from minwax. after the stain dried I sprayed on a coat of pre-cat lacquer, then did a light sanding to knock down the grain.

   the panels at this point should be nice and smooth but pretty awful looking.

   the next step was a sprayed on lacquer known as a Toner, or Shader. to go with whatever stain was chosen as a base.

   do not sand this layer. it may take a few coats to get the depth your after, but the important part is to keep the colour consistent. it also helps of you have quite a bit of experience with spraying.

   next is 3 coats of clear pre-cat lacquer sanding very lightly with say 300 grit.

   here is a really badly taken picture of the result.

   Custom Cabinetry and Furniture

   http://www.BartlettWoodworking.com

    

   
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   barry444 | Jan 20, 2004 05:41am | #3

   i have had good luck making cherry ply and solid wood match by using ml campbell microton spray stain in orange as a first coat to even out the tone then spray regular woodsong red mahogany stain over that with a lacquer topcoat 2 coats is plenty with magna lac  if you lay it down wet this technique comes from the front page of a ml campbell pamphlet for woodsong stains hope this helps ps you need to thin the microton stain do not use straight way to powerful