Hey everyone,
I’m putting together an entrainment center for my father-in-law and he wanted something that was inexpensive but looked good. Well I knew that I could stain poplar to resemble cherry so I went with that. When the wood was delivered it had a lot of green hue in some of the boards. On test pieces the cherry stain looked terrible; they looked green with some red food coloring over it. Well before I let the last dust settle in the shop last night I decided to try some bleach on it. So I borrowed (snuck) SWMBO's bleach and pulled out a scrap piece. I run some on it and went to bed. Low and behold this morning the green was tuned into a light red/brown, which is perfect for cherry stain. I am doing it again on a larger piece and have taken a before pic. I am testing the time and will see what it looks like afterwards. Should I expect any repercussions when I finish the wood? I will post pics of the after. Be blessed.
Michael Garner
I’m putting together an entrainment center for my father-in-law and he wanted something that was inexpensive but looked good. Well I knew that I could stain poplar to resemble cherry so I went with that. When the wood was delivered it had a lot of green hue in some of the boards. On test pieces the cherry stain looked terrible; they looked green with some red food coloring over it. Well before I let the last dust settle in the shop last night I decided to try some bleach on it. So I borrowed (snuck) SWMBO's bleach and pulled out a scrap piece. I run some on it and went to bed. Low and behold this morning the green was tuned into a light red/brown, which is perfect for cherry stain. I am doing it again on a larger piece and have taken a before pic. I am testing the time and will see what it looks like afterwards. Should I expect any repercussions when I finish the wood? I will post pics of the after. Be blessed.
Michael Garner