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My neighbour contacted me to build a pantry for his wife, that would occupy the space where they had a refrigerator that was replaced by a bigger one.
I took this as the opportunity to explore the wonderful world of kitchen cabinetry, but I had to basically duplicate the design of the overall kitchen (another opportunity to purchase router bits!)
As you can see in the pictures, I almost could match the stain, but the new cabinet shows the pine grain very prominently, which I just couldn’t disguise. I knew pine has this tendency to revert the grain figures, but am still wondering how can I stain pine, so the dense wood gets stained as the softer parts…
Any ideas?
I used oil based mixed stains, and used wood condirioned on the raised panels to try to alleviate this issue, but had no luck…
The pictures show, the last one is the empty space where the new pantry was placed.
I appreciate any suggestions as to how to best stain pine to disguise the differences in grain…
;-)
8 comments so far
ND2ELK
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posted 606 days ago
Nice looking pantry. I think you did good job matching the color and style. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
CharlieM1958
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posted 606 days ago
It looks really good.
I know what you mean about the grain, but I’m not aware of any way to solve that issue.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Grumpy
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posted 606 days ago
Nice work Ernie. The differences in colour are just the characteristics of the wood. i think it looks great as it is.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Scott Bryan
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posted 606 days ago
You did a nice job on the cabinet. The raised panels add a nice detail to the cabinets.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Coondog
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posted 606 days ago
I think you did a great job! The wood conditioner helps but only so much!! Excellent!
GaryK
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posted 606 days ago
That’s a really great job you did there!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
rikkor
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posted 605 days ago
Looks good, fits right in. Good job.
erniewood
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posted 603 days ago
I did use wood conditioner, but only on the raised panels…
I think I’ll try some other things in the future, like gel stains.. or sealing the wood with some shellac…
thanks for all your encouragement and your comments!!!!
:-D