I want to varnish a pine door to match some existing oak doors. I find
that
oak colour varnish dries with a redish tinge while natural oak with
clear
varnish has a brownish tings. What colour of varnish would you recomend
for
the pine door?

curious wrote:

> I want to varnish a pine door to match some existing oak doors.


Two things - it's impossible to stain pine to look exactly like oak, but you 
may get a similar colour.

Second, don't use a coloured varnish, they all look complete pants.  Stain 
the wood with a wood die then varnish over that.

Dave

"david lang"  wrote in message 
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> curious wrote:
>> I want to varnish a pine door to match some existing oak doors.
>
> Two things - it's impossible to stain pine to look exactly like oak, but 
> you may get a similar colour.
>
> Second, don't use a coloured varnish, they all look complete pants.  Stain 
> the wood with a wood die then varnish over that.
>
> Dave

I'll second that: the moment you chip the new varnish you will see the old 
pine colour underneath.

Andy.

On 29 Aug 2005 11:10:29 -0700, "curious"  wrote:


>I want to varnish a pine door to match some existing oak doors. I find
>that
>oak colour varnish dries with a redish tinge while natural oak with
>clear
>varnish has a brownish tings. What colour of varnish would you recomend
>for
>the pine door?


Hi,

Have a look at the Sikkens website, their stains are designed to go on
light woods and are pretty durable.

You may have to vary the number of coats to get an exact match, even
mix two colours together (eg pine and oak) if necessary. Practice on
some sizable scraps is essential.

AFAIK pine can be a bit problematic with spirit stains that are
designed to soak into the wood, would welcome any experiences on this
though.

cheers,
Pete.