On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:12:09 GMT, "mark" wrote:

Cherry stain on maple? Excuse me, I have to go barf up my breakfast.

If anyone is interested I can sell you a real nice chrome-plated gold
ring.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

Tim, what is the best finish for maple? I realize "best" is subjective. I
bought some honey amber dye -- and was going to try that on this cherry and
maple music stand I"m building. I'm trying to really highlight the figured
maple, since it really is only on the 4 legs and the vertical rails of the
easel.

I was thinking hit it with a light concentration of the dye, then either
shellac or spray it with lacquer. The only problem is, there are cherry
parts to this, and I wasn't sure if I should try to do something else to
them. Honey Amber dye on cherry doesn't sound good at alllll....

Either that, or I'm leaving it completely natural and using boiled linseed
oil.

I personally favor the light, natural look for maple. BLO or other oil
finish will bring out the grain and warm it up nicely. I currently am
favoring oil with shellac if I want more protection and some gloss. My
current maple project will get danish oil and maybe shellac.

For the combination of maple and cherry I would think that BLO would
give you perhaps the best overall look - especially as the cherry
darkens with age. I have never worked with cherry, so my opinions
there are rather suspect.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com