Cherry Stain for Curly Maple

[CrufflerSteve]

I just ordered the Blunderbuss kit from TVM. The fellow said he'd be sending a nice curly maple stock. Does anybody try to finish curly maple to look like cherry?

30 years ago I was a foreman of a furniture making shop. We did use some stains on maple for reasonably successful cherry looks. I can't remember exactly what we used. We also did a lot of work with real cherry and it wasn't unheard of to get a piece with what we called 'rays' or 'tiger stripes' that resembled the look of curly maple.

I'd like to get something of a good rich cherry look, a reddish brown and not a garish red. Any suggestions?

I've decided I'm going to get into building but I want to start slow. I've doen a couple of Dixie's level 1 pistols. Eventually, I'll be doing more since while flintlocks are nice, they just aren't as cool as a matchlock.

Steve

 

[Berk]

Homer dangler makes a line of stains for maple. There is a fair amount of colors to choose from and they of course can be mixed to get the desired color. I have not used the product but his sample bords that he has in his booth look pretty darn good.

Berk

 

[gmww]

I used Laurel Mountain Forge Antique stain in Cherry on my Maple stock. My stock is not curly maple though

Hope this give you an idea of what it looks like.