I have purchased some sheets of Walnut vennered Plywood that will be mixed in with Walnut Lumber. The Plywood veneer is a lot lighter brown than the lumber stock. I have made a stain from artist oils but I cannot get the color dark enough. The Lumber I am using is very old and has almost a Purple tint to it. I have heard if you get to heavy with the artist oils it will leave the wood looking muddy. I was going for a natural walnut finish by just tung oiling the project without staining it. I am worried if the project will still look OK if I use a store bought pigment stain on the plywood only and leave the other wood alone?
Edited 2/23/2006 5:19 pm ET by ccrocker
Edited 2/23/2006 5:25 pm ET by ccrocker
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I would use an aniline dye to get the basic color match. The concentration of the mix can be varied enough to get as deep a color as you wish. Dye looks very different after it dries and changes dramatically when a top coat is added so be sure to take account of that change when matching colors. You also need to sand and finish a sample of the solid walnut to make the match.
Another thing to help pull these together is to first dye the plywood to the appropriate color before assembly. Then, after assembly you can further pull the colors together with a pigmented stain. Since you don't need the stain for darkening it doesn't have to be applied so heavily as to obscure any figure.
Thanks for the tip , will do.
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