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LS Lake Surfer Tiki Socialite Milwaukee, WI Joined: Oct 21, 2002 Posts: 3417	LS Lake Surfer Posted posted on Sun, Aug 1, 2004 1:25 AM Beauty! As mentioned, great cuts! Go deep and you got it! I like that color stain... I use it often. Have you coated it with anything? (clear Poly?) You'll find that the color and contrast will change. Another hint... with shallow cuts you'll notice that the surface wood will stain different than deeper wood. I can see that on your picture and am familier with this as 80% of the wood I carve is pine. Knots will stain differrent too. Make sure you have a even sand all over before you stain for uniformity of stain color. And I've found the more you sand the better grain you bring out. I've gotten some beautiful grain pattern out of pine, even more so when burned lightly with a torch. Try to stain soon after sanding... after a day I've noticed the sanded wood start to darken... [ Edited by: Lake Surfer on 2004-08-01 01:32 ]

Beauty! As mentioned, great cuts! Go deep and you got it! I like that color stain... I use it often.
Have you coated it with anything? (clear Poly?)
You'll find that the color and contrast will change.

Another hint... with shallow cuts you'll notice that the surface wood will stain different than deeper wood. I can see that on your picture and am familier with this as 80% of the wood I carve is pine. Knots will stain differrent too. Make sure you have a even sand all over before you stain for uniformity of stain color. And I've found the more you sand the better grain you bring out. I've gotten some beautiful grain pattern out of pine, even more so when burned lightly with a torch. Try to stain soon after sanding... after a day I've noticed the sanded wood start to darken...

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer on 2004-08-01 01:32 ]

Post #105521 by Lake Surfer on Sun, Aug 1, 2004 1:25 AM