RE: Cherry Finish on Maple

>I have a maple buffet to refinish.  The piece is ready to be stained.
>My problem is the customer wants it to be finished with a cherry finish.
>Are there any products that will give me the deep cherry finish required?
>Roxanne Yaremus




Ask greg Williams for a Mowhawk catalogue with color chart.
Mowhawk colors are rich .
I hope Greg will contact you when he reads this one.

The Beav
(Len Hambleton)

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Roxanne,

So, fake it.

Jeff and Roxanne,

I'll tell you what I'd do.

First I would paint the wood a light very cherry color with  Minwax 
cherry stain. Twice if necessary to adequately "mask" the substrate. 
Then, I would seal lightly with a thinned coat of vinyl sealer. After 
drying (15min.)  I would use Minwax Provincial to streak in some 
lighter areas and whatever else I think it needs to match a sample. 

Finish and all.

I wouldn't waste time on magic.

Alan Noel


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There are many excellent products widely available but with maple being such 
a hard, tight grained wood, you may well have to stain and then tone as well 
- and more than once also - to get the color just right.  "Sneaking up" on the 
color is the way to go on most jobs and trying to hit it just right with one 
application of stain will rarely work. Remember, you can always make it 
darker - but once too dark .....

bobO




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