I am trying to color match some cabinet doors I bought, I bought 200 kitchen
doors they are the American woodcrafter "Maple Spice" finish. I went to Home
Depot and had them order the stain its a 2 part stain, ($38.00 for 2 pints)
it seems to be laquer based. Anyhow it doesn't match even close. I can come
some what close with an oil based minwax but still not what I am looking
for.

I have never used the waterbased stains but minwax looks to have a good
selection of mixes and some of the colors look very close to what I am
looking for. How well do the water based stains work ( I will be using
maple) All I need to stain is the outer cabinet frames and some end
cabinets. Minwax has a good amount of info but thats there sight.