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I am just about ready to finish some oak pieces I made out of “found” wood and there is a fair bit of tearout that I’m afraid will darken like end grain if I apply a stain. I would like to darken the would slightly but I can leave it natural if I am fighting an uphill battle. Is there something I can apply, like a hide glue size etc., that will prevent the tear-outs from wicking up lots of stain? I have some Minwax oil stain that I was going to use but I am willing to use a different product if necessary. I plan on using a water based polyurethane for the top coat. Any help and or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Bob
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I have not had any problems with the tear out areas being darker than the rest of the wood when staining. how bad is the tearout?
*I would think the tearout must be pretty bad to be a concern. For end grain on oak I use Minwax pre-stain wood conditioner. This gives me a uniform stain color even on the end grain by preventing it from sucking in too much stain by sealing the pores and it's certainly compatible with their stain.
*Thanks for the feedback. I had given up on this question. The tearout was just bad enough to be noticed if I used stain on a piece of scrap. I ended up using "white" shellac under a water based poly and got a pleasing color out of the wood. Hopefully there wont be any adhesion problems between the poly and the shellac. I sanded pretty well after the shellac had dried. Bob
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