On Mar 5, 4:40*pm, Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
blueman wrote :

*snip*

The only areas that stain as dark as (or darker than) the samples are
end grain.

What could I possibly be doing wrong?

How old are the store samples? *Most woods naturally change over time,
often darkening as they get older.

And at the same time, stain has a tendency to fade over time. Hmmmm.



Puckdropper

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