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Default Can I bleach red oak so that it stains close to white oak?

On 6/19/2014 1:04 PM, Leon wrote:
On 6/19/2014 12:57 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:

You think? I wonder if red oak and white oak in your neck of the woods

are a different color than what we get in SE Texas.


Yes, Red Oak is Pink and White is tan. However, colors have sort of a
stacking effect. So I am just guessing that yellow on the pink will
push it towards tan. You just have to play with these things to see
where you get. I worked with an antique refinish/repair guy who had a
color wheel in his head and could get these things right with the
first try every time.



Gotcha! Some times you add colors you would never guess, to get to a
specific color. Right Swingman? LOL



Hell, I conquered the color world that day I learned to read the words
on a crayon, learned to use an ohmmeter to insure the RGB wires on a
monitor cable have continuity, and the reason there are numbers on a
paint can.

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