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   DavidxDoud | Feb 06, 2004 06:27pm | #1

   ...she would like the doors darker ...

   howz about a good grease fire? - otta do it - <all right,  just a joke> - shellac will stick,  try it on a scrap and see if it gives you the look you want - - I bet someone here will offer another good suggestion or two -

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   jackplane | Feb 06, 2004 11:42pm | #2

   Minwax, and probably others, make a product that combines stain and polyurethane. This is probably your most durable option. Apply directly over cabinets.

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   Tao | Feb 07, 2004 01:47am | #3

   First, the finish on the doors probably is lacquer, and will probably amber a lot on its own over the next year or so.

   Second, the easiest way to slightly alter the color of a lacquer finish is with a toner.  The proper definition of a toner is color in a highly reduced topcoat.  Get some TransTint or other dye concentrate (easiest), dilute some lacquer with about 5 parts thinner to one part lacquer, add just enough color so you can barely see where you are applying it, and apply multiple thin coats until you have the color you want.  Go slow and don't pile the material on, and shoot your details before you hit the flats.

   Topcoat with clear lacquer. 

   This is easier to do than to describe.  It's standard procedure in furniture factories and in finish matching.  It doesn't work very well for radical color changes, but it's good do darken a color a little bit, or to adjust red / green balance.

   Michael R.