Woodnet Forums › › Active › Finishing v
Minwax Walnut Stain
Thread Modes
Minwax Walnut Stain
SPRINTCAR Offline
Member
Posts: 150
Threads: 0
Joined: Aug 2003
#5
02-15-2016, 01:18 PM
How could I lighten the color of the stain.
The walnut plywood I purchased is much lighter than my solid walnut wood but the stain in its present condition is to dark.
Thanks for your response
Larry
Find
Reply
BobW Offline
Member
Posts: 805
Threads: 0
Joined: Feb 2003
Location: Land of Enchantment
#6
02-15-2016, 02:04 PM
Which MW stain? Oil based or water based? If oil based, they have two walnut colors: Dark Walnut and Special Walnut...Special Walnut is the lighter of the two. You can lighten the color by thinning with mineral spirits. Never used the water based, but I suppose you could thin with water to lighten.
Bob
Find
Reply
Woodenfish Offline
Member
Posts: 4,664
Threads: 0
Joined: Jan 2007
#7
02-16-2016, 09:39 AM
You need to custom mix a few different tones to get the shade correct. I find it a PITA but it is what it is.

Read this article from Minwax.
Any free advice given is worth double price paid.
Find
Reply
jteneyck Offline
Member
Posts: 12,687
Threads: 0
Joined: Jan 2010
Location: Lewiston, NY
#8
02-16-2016, 10:33 PM
You should dye the plywood first to adjust the color close to the darker solid wood. Then you can apply your stain and it will come out an even color. KansasCityFireslayer can show you some great photos of a project he did.

John
Website Find
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)

Product Recommendations

Here are some supplies and tools we find essential in our everyday work around the shop. We may receive a commission from sales referred by our links; however, we have carefully selected these products for their usefulness and quality.