DaveH6
Staining interior mahogany trim
I recently purchased two 4/4 mahogany planks each about 7" wide and 14' long. In a blink they were substantially devoured. Where did they go? Wood thieves entering my garage and cutting out pieces? Surprisingly I had few misfires requiring remaking of a piece.
With all trim pieces together for staining, I now understand that I had produced far more pieces then I realized.
I had been bouncing around various stores looking for a reddish stain in the spirit of the wooden Chris Crafts. I finally figured that boat restorers must have stain sources or secrets. Eureka...I stumble on to Interlux's oil based Chris Craft Red stain. So far I got the look I wanted. Tomorrow I start applying gloss varnish.
Edit 10/13/2016: i enjoy using new to me techniques on projects to expand my knowledge base. I planned to use two coats of West 207 hardener with resin on the stained wood to quickly fill the wood pores (versus many coats of varnish to do same) and create a glass like surface. Then I would apply a couple of coats of varnish to protect the epoxy from UV.
But...recently two very experienced boat builders told me that epoxy has adhesion problems when applied over oil based stains. In my scenario I would have had to use a water based stain. Luckily I had wimped out on using epoxy to fill the pores and went the traditional route of multiple varnish coats. Whew...imagine the coating failing on this large number of trim pieces.
Staining interior mahogany trim
I recently purchased two 4/4 mahogany planks each about 7" wide and 14' long. In a blink they were substantially devoured. Where did they go? Wood thieves entering my garage and cutting out pieces? Surprisingly I had few misfires requiring remaking of a piece.
With all trim pieces together for staining, I now understand that I had produced far more pieces then I realized.
I had been bouncing around various stores looking for a reddish stain in the spirit of the wooden Chris Crafts. I finally figured that boat restorers must have stain sources or secrets. Eureka...I stumble on to Interlux's oil based Chris Craft Red stain. So far I got the look I wanted. Tomorrow I start applying gloss varnish.
Edit 10/13/2016: i enjoy using new to me techniques on projects to expand my knowledge base. I planned to use two coats of West 207 hardener with resin on the stained wood to quickly fill the wood pores (versus many coats of varnish to do same) and create a glass like surface. Then I would apply a couple of coats of varnish to protect the epoxy from UV.
But...recently two very experienced boat builders told me that epoxy has adhesion problems when applied over oil based stains. In my scenario I would have had to use a water based stain. Luckily I had wimped out on using epoxy to fill the pores and went the traditional route of multiple varnish coats. Whew...imagine the coating failing on this large number of trim pieces.