Geof Fowler
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- Southington, CT
Hi all,
New member here. We have a Hitchock cherry coffee table that the finish has become "mottled" from 20+ years of sunlight coming in from a southern-facing room with lots of windows and skylights. The table has stencils that I really don't want to lose (they don't make these anymore), and fortunately the sun-damage is in areas away from them. Anyway, I tried sanded those areas down to bare cherry (necessary to get rid of all the "mottled" area, and now am trying to match the stain darkness of the rest of the finish. So far, I have about 7-8 applications of cherry MinWax stain, and can't get it anywhere dark enough. I even tried a little dark oak, red oak, and provincial stains, but the wood doesn't seem to want to take any more stain. I've had suggestions ranging from using dyes to even letting the wood darken in sunlight. Any other thoughts? Here's a clickable pic to help you see what I'm talking about:
New member here. We have a Hitchock cherry coffee table that the finish has become "mottled" from 20+ years of sunlight coming in from a southern-facing room with lots of windows and skylights. The table has stencils that I really don't want to lose (they don't make these anymore), and fortunately the sun-damage is in areas away from them. Anyway, I tried sanded those areas down to bare cherry (necessary to get rid of all the "mottled" area, and now am trying to match the stain darkness of the rest of the finish. So far, I have about 7-8 applications of cherry MinWax stain, and can't get it anywhere dark enough. I even tried a little dark oak, red oak, and provincial stains, but the wood doesn't seem to want to take any more stain. I've had suggestions ranging from using dyes to even letting the wood darken in sunlight. Any other thoughts? Here's a clickable pic to help you see what I'm talking about: