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Thread: Alternative to Varathane?
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12th November 2011, 06:41 PM #1
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Alternative to Varathane?
Hi all.
I would like to have a crack at building something like this:
Storage Chest / Coffre de rangement « Atelier du Bricoleur (menuiserie)
and the finish calls for 4 coats of Varathane (cabernet) which seems to be unavailable in Australia.
As the medium is MDF I would prefer not to stray too far from his approach as it looks pretty damn good.
Any thoughts about what would be a reasonable alternative (it seems to have a soya oil base)?
Cheers,
Gary
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13th November 2011, 09:18 AM #2
It's just a dark stain. I'm sure you could find something similar from Cabots or Wattyl.
Several coats of the Jarrah or Cedar in the oil based may do the job.
Cabots - interior products - furniture & trim - interior stains - cabots.com.au
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13th November 2011, 03:05 PM #3
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Thanks, yeah I suppose it is, but I have only achieved mediocre results in the past when trying to stain MDF and this one looks like such a good job that it sort of implies it is a better product for staining MDF. Oh well, I'll give it a go again on some scrap and see how I go. Cheers.
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13th November 2011, 07:18 PM #4
Stains can go blotchy on MDF; you may also like to pre-prime the MDF with a thin coat of shellac first to help control blotchyness or try a gell type stain.
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