I spray 2 to 3 light coats of General Finishes Vintage Cherry water-based dye stain, straight from the can. Once the dye has dried, I begin by wiping the General Finishes water-based Shaker Maple stain over the dyed surface. Should the stain not take to your surface evenly, use paper towels damp with water and wipe the surface to pull the excess stain off. This is probably just a good idea anyway, for even color.
Now to the cool part, this allows you to achieve deeper color. First, I shoot a water-based topcoat over the dry Shaker Maple stain. In this case, I'm using the EM6000 production lacquer from Target Coatings and that will amber a bit like solvent nitro lacquer. Second, once the lacquer has dried, I lightly wipe with 320 paper and clean my surface. Then I glaze with the same Shaker Maple stain. So now we have stacked our color, which give's depth to your project and by the same token, will aid to even your color as well.
Once the stain has dried I shoot 2 coats about 2/3 mils thick (the point where your wet film finish starts to look blue) and call it done.
I spray 2 to 3 light coats of General Finishes Vintage Cherry water-based dye stain, straight from the can. Once the dye has dried, I begin by wiping the General Finishes water-based Shaker Maple stain over the dyed surface. Should the stain not take to your surface evenly, use paper towels damp with water and wipe the surface to pull the excess stain off. This is probably just a good idea anyway, for even color.
Now to the cool part, this allows you to achieve deeper color. First, I shoot a water-based topcoat over the dry Shaker Maple stain. In this case, I'm using the EM6000 production lacquer from Target Coatings and that will amber a bit like solvent nitro lacquer. Second, once the lacquer has dried, I lightly wipe with 320 paper and clean my surface. Then I glaze with the same Shaker Maple stain. So now we have stacked our color, which give's depth to your project and by the same token, will aid to even your color as well.
Once the stain has dried I shoot 2 coats about 2/3 mils thick (the point where your wet film finish starts to look blue) and call it done.
