"Joe Barta" wrote in message
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Andy Dingley wrote:

If you're using a fairly brutal commercial stain

Could you expand on this? Brutal commercial stain? As opposed to what?
I'm interested in more of your thoughts on stain.

The stain usually found on furniture in furniture stores. The kind with the
fruit wood finish and fly spot all over it. The kind that hides the wood so
that you really do not know what you are getting. The kind that is usually
very dark.

Instead of one that is lighter and still lets the natural beauty of the wood
shine through.