Blackwood Stain

[ravlord13]

G'Day All,
I am about to start the build on a grand father clock out of Tas Blackwood.
Now my Question-- I havn't used stain on good timber before but I want to obtain an even color across the whole clock. I have picked the closest color and grain match I can in the timber and was wondering should I use stain for a better match? Or am I still going to end up with some areas lighter than others.
Any Advice appreciated !
catch ya
Andrew

[Wongo]

G'day Andrew

I would not stain timber and definitely not Tas Blackwood. It is too beautiful to be ruined. Just let nature do its job.

[echnidna]

The oldtimers used to do it to match colour vatiations in the timber, its a matter of taste.

[ravlord13]

Thanks Fellas,
Tried some Stain on a jointed scrap today, Matched the color pretty well,
I will have to match the grain fairly well as I want to hide the joins in the timber as much as posible and the stain highlights the grain diferences dramatically.
Machined up about 20 meters of 150 x 19 today and been trying to match color and grain as much as posible .
Every time I look at the timber I seem to find a better match than the time before.
Catch ya
Andrew