Classic Gray Stain On Maple
It barely soaked into the oak at all but looked much darker on the maple.
Classic gray stain on maple. My husband also did some detail work above the cabinets in maple as well. This post will help you choose your your stain or your dye as the case will probably be. I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided. Varathane weathered gray stain.
I liked that it added a gray finish to the wood in a more subtle way and still allowed the wood grain to show through and look natural. This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray. Classic grey stain by minwax was one of my favorite gray stains that i tested. We intended to stain everything a light gray.
General finishes gel stains or water based stains usually will perform very well because they are more topical than traditional liquid oil stains and contain more colorants. Weathered oak by minwax. We provide the high quality unfinished maple cabinet doors for your kitchens and bathrooms. Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color.
It seems that my husband used the common hard white maple and my cabinet man used a soft pacific coast maple. Maple is one of the most difficult woods to achieve a dark uniform stain color on because it is a dense closed grain wood and often absorbs stain very unevenly. Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color. Look through grey stain on maple pictures in.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak. The do s and dont s of staining maple cabinet doors will help you finish your cabinet order from the door stop. Pine and birch were both splotchy and inconsistent.