Stain ?

[Crow#21957]

I checked my stain on a scrap piece of wood.curly maple. Used AF, then heat gun then stain, way to dark can't see grain or stripes.Tried other formulas bout the same. Tried stain only OK goes on great then decades out. Put oil over that ,fades out. Tried just the stain everytime I put a c oat on its beautiful just what I wand stripes pop and wood has a real nice reputation hue. But it dries and fades away. The stain is laurel mnt forge ,,nut brown

 

[TDM]

Try 2 AF coats, heating each time. Thin your stain with alcohol, needs to be diluted. Don't know what oil your using but it will take multiple coats, drying between each coat.

 

[Crow#21957]

Thankyou sir.

 

[Flintandsteel]

AF will only accentuate the figure that is already there.
After AF and heat, use a scotchbrite pad to bring out the figure before adding any finish. The colors that you have when wet, will be the final colors you get with additional applications of oil.

 

[Crow#21957]

the best color I got was just stain no af. If I co I ld keep the color that it has when the stain is allied and wet now thats a great color

 

[TDM]

Let that dry and maybe apply one more coat of diluted stain. After that dries, keep applying coats of your oil with drying in between until the color you want comes back.

 

[Crow#21957]

hesitant on the af but I've used it before with good results. Here's just the stain 3 coats

 

[TDM]

That looks good!

 

[Crow#21957]

Ya it's what I would like to end up with. Should I use a f...... iblackens tge stock. This stain is nice but it dries into a dull brown

 

[waksupi]

Ya it's what I would like to end up with. Should I use a f...... iblackens tge stock. This stain is nice but it dries into a dull brown

Dry stain can fool you. What it looks like with the finish on is what you end up with.