Just in the process of fixing a old cabinet. Even though I used the same type of wood I am having problems matching up the wood stain. I have some clear polyurethane and would it be possible to mix it with dark oak varnish (or sim) to it to get the right colour. thx
tintop,
Oct 18, 3:45am
It may/may not. Why not try a little and see if the two mix and dry ?
You will only need a tablespoon of each.
skin1235,
Oct 18, 4:29am
are you sure it is a varnish, it may be shellack wipe it with a meths dampened cloth, it the colour comes off it is not old varnish, and you may be able to use a wetter cloth to pick up shellack from over the old parts to colour the new
max.headroom,
Oct 18, 7:22am
What kind of wood are we talking
differentthings,
Oct 18, 9:14am
It's just dark oak from the 50's
differentthings,
Oct 18, 9:59am
I removed some rids to expose some wood that never has been stained and used some other oak that was lighter brown than the original. Have sanded it back, but you can see where the ribs were, the top has a stain from a pot I want to hide and I want to match the old oak to the new oak. I want to add a touch of red to the stain while getting a uniform colour over the whole cabinet. thx
differentthings,
Oct 18, 10:00am
cool. I will try that in the morning. thx
differentthings,
Oct 18, 10:03am
Have googled it and by the looks of things you can. You can even make your own custom colour using Linseed oil.
nitpnz,
Oct 18, 5:31pm
try rubbing with a walnut - the nut of course, not it's shell
I am not joking, I promise ya
skin1235,
Oct 18, 11:43pm
the proper method to apply shellack was to have the shellack lumps ( dry hard almost black tree gum ) in a soft cloth, dip it in meths and rub the wood until the colour was as deep as you required ( was called 'French Polishing" back then ) you could build up quite a deep layer if you were not doing it properly - the intent was to stain the wood not lay coats of shellack
lazy buggas heated the shellack and used a paint brush, it dries hard and brittle, and cannot take moisture, if you think varnish leaves cup rings from heat you have not seen what shellack does when you put a hot cup or plate on it - its nearly as good as superglue and you are going to rip it when removing the hot object
I still find old cottage doors done with shellack and a paint brush, one recent one I was able to scrape off nearly 1kg of shellack using a heat gun, did manage to get the door back to a deep rimu colour,now have the excess shellack in a cloth ready for the next one that needs doing
oh_hunnihunni,
Oct 19, 5:17am
You can buy dried shellac on here if you want to try it.
barneymiller,
Oct 22, 9:49am
i think shoe polish will do a good job/
jenny188,
Aug 24, 3:52am
I'm a bit confused. Varnish is an OIL based top coat and polyurethane is a PLASTIC based coating. Stain or color your wood and then use either as a top coat (or coats). Don't mix stain into either and think you'll get away with doing it all at once as later if it gets chipped you won't be able to match the color again easily. Original question, Will they mix together? With paint it often separates out ,Oil being solvent causes the plastic (polymer) to curdle making the mix lumpy.
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