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01-21-2019, 01:41 PM
First time staining Aspen, any hints?
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01-21-2019, 08:29 PM
(01-21-2019, 01:41 PM)castguy2003 Wrote: First time staining Aspen, any hints?

Make sample boards first.  Beware the blotching.  

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01-22-2019, 11:11 AM
(01-21-2019, 01:41 PM)castguy2003 Wrote: First time staining Aspen, any hints?


Sucks it up like nobody's business.  When you do your test pieces, add a bit of compatible vehicle to "thin" the pigmentation.  I went to dye, but pigment staining is possible.
Better to follow the leader than the pack. Less to step in.
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02-05-2019, 08:04 PM
(01-21-2019, 01:41 PM)castguy2003 Wrote: First time staining Aspen, any hints?

Well, that is the LAST time I will use aspen for anything other than secondary (maybe not even that) wood. While the stained shelf turned out pretty good, the small painted table was a PITA.
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