How hard is it to restain a stand???
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red oak is just the color of the stain! but what kind of stain would you want on the stand! if it was a darker red or a darker brown it should be able to go on top of that stain!
Red oak is the more common oak sold around here (Michigan). Most of it comes from Canada. Don't see too much white oak around, but it could be a location thing. Heres a web site that shows some wood grain http://www.exotic-wood.com/domestic_hardwood_lumber.htm it might help ya narrow down the type.
Good series of videos outlining the entire process.
http://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/furniture-sanding-restaining.htm
Series: How to Refinish and Restore Old Wood Furniture: Tips and Techniques
Summary: Furniture serves many important, essential functions for people the world over. In the last few thousand years, chairs, beds, desks, and tables have provided places to sit, eat, talk, work, gather, or sleep. Many people will spend more than a third of their lives in, at, or on furniture. It comes as no surprise, then, that humans have a unique relationship with this group of items they spend so much time around.
In some ways, furniture has become a reflection of personality. When choosing furniture for their homes or offices, people are known to concentrate on design, giving it equal or greater weight than function and stability. Many people pass furniture items down from one generation to the next, keeping the item as a family heirloom.
In this free, do it yourself video guide to refinishing and restoring [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]wood [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]furniture[/FONT][/FONT], learn tips and techniques for how to refinish your old, well-loved wood furniture, including everything from wood stain removal to applying a fresh, new furniture stain. Our expert will walk you through a refinishing project step by step, with safety tips before you begin, what types of sanders you’ll want to use, and how to choose and apply the right stain for your piece of wood furniture.
http://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/furniture-sanding-restaining.htm
Series: How to Refinish and Restore Old Wood Furniture: Tips and Techniques
Summary: Furniture serves many important, essential functions for people the world over. In the last few thousand years, chairs, beds, desks, and tables have provided places to sit, eat, talk, work, gather, or sleep. Many people will spend more than a third of their lives in, at, or on furniture. It comes as no surprise, then, that humans have a unique relationship with this group of items they spend so much time around.
In some ways, furniture has become a reflection of personality. When choosing furniture for their homes or offices, people are known to concentrate on design, giving it equal or greater weight than function and stability. Many people pass furniture items down from one generation to the next, keeping the item as a family heirloom.
In this free, do it yourself video guide to refinishing and restoring [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]wood [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]furniture[/FONT][/FONT], learn tips and techniques for how to refinish your old, well-loved wood furniture, including everything from wood stain removal to applying a fresh, new furniture stain. Our expert will walk you through a refinishing project step by step, with safety tips before you begin, what types of sanders you’ll want to use, and how to choose and apply the right stain for your piece of wood furniture.
Gr8KarmaSF;807604; said:red oak? is this good or bad?!?!?!?
There are two types of Oak wood, stain can come in any variety of colors Im talking about wood type itself. Red Oak and white Oak. Red Oak is the most popular, white Oak is very similar to Ash, which is what most tool handles are made from. White isnt used as much because the grain isnt as spectacular as red Oak, imagine making a table out of wood as plain as paper, it might as well be painted. So red Oak is used more often. Once again white Oak is very similar in appearance to Ash. Oak isnt difficult to re-finish except that the deep grains cause the wood to show streaks more because they hold the stain. If you dont remove all of the old finish the new stain will not take evenly and you will have blotchy spots. Use a chemical stripper long enough to strip all remaining varnish or poly off then make sure you scrub the stripper off well using cleanser and a nylon brush, make sure you scrub along the grain and rinse all traces of stripper off with a hose. Use lots of cleanser and make sure you rinse it off good or it will leave a white powdery film. Dont do this near grass or you will kill it. Once again, make sure you remove all traces of stripper (this is why you use cleanser and a nylon bristle brush) or when you apply your new finish it wont take.
When your done scrubbing let it sit in the sun to dry out. After its completely dry sand with the grain, cross sanding like a car will will cause the wood not to show the grain as well because it will cause small tears against the grain, use a fore and aft motion along the grain when sanding either with a sander or by hand. When this is done use fine steel wool to smooth it and then wipe it down again with a water soaked peice of cheese cloth (lint free) when the wood is completely dry use steel wool again and then use a tack cloth to remove any remaining residue. Now you are ready to apply the stain, use lint free cheese cloth and rub in small circles. You dont need much stain just make sure you rub it in evenly. Remember the more you use the darker it will be, when the stain is dry you are ready to apply the finish. Some MFGs sell stain/poly combinations, just my preference but I prefer to do this as two seperate steps. Thats how I do it.
