In article .com, "Mikepier" wrote:

Just out of curiousity, have you thought of sanding the pine treads,
then stain them to give an oak look? Thats what I did.

No matter what kind of stain you put on pine, it isn't going to look like oak.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.