Ronn W Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 What if I wanted to make the grain on a small table top so that it had that maximum contrast between the more porous and less porous wood. With the extreme limit being almost black porous wood and no change in color to the rest. How close can I get and how would I do it? It seems to me that a tint is not the way to go and that water based stain gives more contract that oil based stain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialbyfire Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 If you're using a light colored wood you may try taking a blow torch to it (lightly) until you reach the desired colors. Then do a final sanding and clear coat with your favorite clear coat. I've played with doing this and it is a very fine line between what you're looking for and burnt wood. This may be more trouble than it's worth. Another option is to use a die on the whole piece and then sand once it's cured. Just stop sanding before you sand away the die that was sucked into the dark grain. Marc explains his process in one of his videos. I think it was his end table with a tiger maple top? Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 When you over sand pine, the hard grain stays raised. I wonder about a hard brayer application of a stiff dye. Just noodling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Just use SYP, and any old stain will do that ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 57 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Just use SYP, and any old stain will do that ... Or use Zebrawood and forget about the stain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted September 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 17 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: Just use SYP, and any old stain will do that . What is SYP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 12 minutes ago, Ronn W said: What is SYP? Southern Yellow Pine. Have you tried sanding after the stain is applied? I haven't tried this myself but it sounds like it should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted September 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Now I am thinking Hackberry. Here are a couple of pics with a quick application of Minwax oil based stain. I generally don't like staining but this result is really nice. You can see a piece of the bare wood as well. What a surprise, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 You can also go the other way and bleach wenge. The really dark lines don't take bleach very well but the softer wood in between does. I only have this anecdotally, but there are some pics on my site that suggest it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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