Staining Red Pine - help please

[rose]

Hi, I have red pine doors that have been professionally stripped. They are a beautiful red colour and I have heard that you should use a water based (not spirit based) stain. Apparently the spirit stain makes the wood go much darker?

Any ideas ?

[ozwinner]

Why do you want to stain red pine?

It has a beautiful colour as it is?

Al :confused:

[echnidna]

do you mean a clear varnish when you say stain?

[rose]

Yes, that's what I meant mainly, but the rest of the wood has a very light stain and when I was trying to match up a skirting board it was really difficult.

[rsser]

Matching is really a job for professionals.

I've not played with red pine but pine in general takes spirit stains unevenly.

See Neil's bible for everything you need to know.