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RubberBiker wrote:
You need the Diamond Hard with the colour tint in it, or you need to
stain prior to varnishing. Clear diamond hard will not change the
colour significantly, nor will any other clear varnish.

Varnished pine certainly darkens considerably with oil based varnish.
Could be a combination of the varnish and the wood itself changing colour.
Doesn't seem anything like as dramatic with a water based varnish -
perhaps this blocks out light etc in a different way?

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