Oct 5, 2009 · With hard woods like maple (even soft maple is pretty dense), pigmented stains generally work best if you are seeking only a light to moderate shade. To get darker you would …

Jan 10, 2008 · Maple can be more difficult than Birch to stain . In my experience the gel stain was like pudding in a can , very intense color and sometimes the best option to get certain colors . …

Aug 7, 2005 · Aloha, Try Minwax (there are other brands also) Wood Conditioner prior to staining. I recently stained 120 lineal feet of 5" wide alder base board and it turned out very well. Follow …

Jan 23, 2002 · The stained maple won’t ever look like exactly like the cherry now, and the difference will only increase as the cherry ages, which it will do fairly quickly. Like Danford, I …

Dec 2, 2021 · I am having an issue getting hard maple to the color that the custom is looking for. The custom got the stain for me, custom mixed color, and the sample […]

Apr 10, 2007 · Yesterday I just received the Highland Woodworking newsletter there was an article about how to prevent the “blotching of maple” basically using a water stain (which i …

Jan 1, 2005 · I like to finish figured maple in either of the following two ways. Apply Moser's honey amber maple aniline dye in a stronger than normal concentration, then sand. This sanding will …

Mar 1, 2005 · I have had GREAT success with making Maple look like Cherry with the Transtint dye's. Try it on scrap first. Either try the "Brown Mahogany" or the "Reddish Mahogany" …

Aug 29, 2005 · Help me please, I have just finished a maple entertainment cabinet for a customer and they wish it to match an exesting piece in the same room, also of maple (Ethan Allen) …

Jun 5, 2004 · My recommendation is to test your staining method (s) on scrap pieces before you try to stain the actual cabinets. Maple tends to blotch quite easily, even when using so-called …