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-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks for the welcomes!!!

My first big project that I’ve almost finished is a shaker style coffee table. right now it’s in two pieces. I’ve got the base, and the main carcass. The carcass is just oak plywood with 3/4” oak facing on either side.

The base is all oak, the skirts are 3/4” and the corners are 7/8”. I’ve got some pictures of my work so far… my problem now is that I’m ready to start adding some stain – and getting ready to finish. But for some reason finishing just eludes me!!! I want a darker brown mahogany color for the wood, but just can’t seem to figure it out.

I’ve put a coat of minwax mahogany stain, followed by a wash coat of denatured alcohol, and shellac – then sanded at 320grit. Another coat of minwax cabernet (deep red) stain followed by a second wash coat. All this was done on a test strip of the oak I was using, but for some reason, I CAN’T GET THE COLOR I WANT! so I’m stuck at this point afraid to go any further in fear of ruining my coffee table :(

Any suggestions?

Again – thanks for welcoming me. I have a feeling I’ll be here often!

Welcome to the Jocks.

There is a trick that (the) Norm uses with the Mahogany pieces where he floods the stain adds shellac and then rubs in a paste filler…

Here is the link to the stain question.

Click on that link and look for:
12-04-2005 Method of staining mahogany game table

Hope that helps.

-- John

Welcome to LumberJocks, and good luck with the staining…

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