[Woodworkers] Stain and wood type

Doug Pauls dopauls at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 09:44:32 PST 2019


You might consider putting down a layer of sanding sealer to eliminate
bleed.

CedarDoug

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 11:50 PM Chuck Steger via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Larry,
>
>    I think a gel stain is the way to go. I just did a piece where I wanted
> to put boiled linseed oil on the lacewood part and a gel stain on the
> cherry part. I taped everything off with painters tape but the BLO still
> leeched on to the cherry (in this case, it wasn’t horrible and I could
> blend them). A gel stain sits on top of the wood whereas a penetrating
> stain goes into the pores. You could also use a toner that I think could
> work (but I would sure experiment first).
>
>
>
>    Curious what others think.
>
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
> *From:* Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Larry Works via Woodworkers
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:35 PM
> *To:* A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking
> *Cc:* Larry Works
> *Subject:* [Woodworkers] Stain and wood type
>
>
>
> My wife wants to make a plaque.  She wants to use her Cricut to cut vinal
> letters and stick them to a board.  She then want to stain the board and
> remove the vinal.  I am concerned that the stain may bleed in the grain
> under the vinal.  I am thinking white oak or popular?  What kind of stain
> would you recommend? Maybe a gel application?
>
>
>
> Larry
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