Subject: Water-based stain on veneer?

From: "Woody" <[email-masked]>
Date: 28 Mar 1997 04:08:05 GMT

I'm about to tackle my first try with veneer on a tabletop.  Should I worry
that a water-based stain will make my veneer totally warp and buckle? (fyi:
mahogany veneer)
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[email-masked]

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From: Wayne Weber <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:53:05 -0600

> that a water-based stain will make my veneer totally warp and buckle? (fyi:

Depends on the  source of your stain.  If it's commercial, some of the
brands have less than 10% water in them, so it shouldn't be a
problem--test first on scrap!  It you are making it yourself, and you
still have the powder, just use alcohol as a solvent instead of water
and don't saturate the veneer.
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Wayne Weber
W-W Finishing Supplies
38 Partridge Hill, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
1-800-836-8424

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From: Henry Douglas <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 06:51:04 -0500

> and don't saturate the veneer.

Flecto Coatings Ltd., manufacturers of Varathane products make Diamond
Wood Stains, a water-based stain that colours and seals the wood.  They
come in 12 wood stain colours and 16 custom tinted colours.  They should
be available at your local hardware store.  Water-based stains MAY raise
the grain in some woods.  DON'T sand the raised grain off.  Buff lightly
with a scotch-brite pad.  Sandpaper will take some of the colour out of
the stain where scotch-brite pads won't.  I don't usually sand the
fuzzies off.  I add Varathane Elite Diamond Finish over the top of the
stain with the grain raised.  The first two coats will fill in the
fuzzies and the final third coat will give you the finish you are
looking for.  Elite Diamond Finish comes in satin, semi-gloss and gloss
and can be applied two hours after you stain.

Hope this helps.

Henry