Post #199947 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, Nov 24, 2005 10:39 PM

Thanks very much Hewey! Try it on your next carving for sure.

On 2005-11-22 05:51, Palama Tiki wrote:
...when applying the stain, did you brush on, wipe or sponge on the stain?

Palama: I applied a very heavy first coat of ebony first and didn't bother wiping it off too much - just let it dry before sanding it all back down. I used those little cheap throw away sponge brushes for all of the staining. The second coat, provincial stain, was transparent enough for the ebony undercoat to show through. I just painted it over the first coat of ebony after the sanding, then wiped it off good with a rag. But the third coat, red mahogany, tended to really cover up the ebony. If I ever use the red mahogany stain again this way, I will dap it very lightly over the detail areas, taking care that it doesn't go down into the cracks. The dark red of the stain tended to cover up the ebony as it seeped down. In hindsight it would look better if the black of the ebony showed up better in all of the recesses instead of being covered by up with the mahogany stain. The ebony still showed through, but not quite as strongly as I would have liked. Did that make sense?