my new baby... AKA The Café

[sp1187]

Do I dare paint my stand with fluorescent spray paint? Or should I stain it with Espresso stain? Can’t decide if I want it to glow or not

black to match the tv stand.

 

[James_O]

This is what happens to coral when it’s shipped!?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Best pictures I could get of the baby interstellar mushie

 

[Billldg]

HEY...I am catching up to @fishguy242, I am only 23566 post behind. OH WAIT...Now I am 23567, 23568, 23569. AHHH, FORGET ABOUT IT...LOL!!! ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Zoa caught a mysis

 

[James_O]

Zoa caught a mysis

My palys caught 4

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I couldn’t find a darker one! I’m still looking though

Stop looking at stain then. Dyes are much better for ruining nice wood by changing the color than stain. Couple that with using lowes or any big box store wood, so very likely not a deciduous tree, coniferous wood species don't take stain well. TransTint is my favorite and only dye pigments
I will use.

@Smirkish is a Basdass cabinet finisher with a lot more experience than I. She could probably help you get to the color you want. If you want black, paint or dyes would be my MO.

 

[elorablue]

This is what happens to coral when it’s shipped!?

Just be glad it isn’t a fish

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Wood stain!

;Vomit ;Vomit ;Vomit ;Vomit ;Vomit



Sorry. Couldn't help it.

 

[elorablue]

Stop looking at stain then. Dyes are much better for ruining nice wood by changing the color than stain. Couple that will using lowes wood, so very likely not a deciduous tree, coniferous wood species don't take stain well. TransTint is my favorite and only one I will use.

@Smirkish is a Basdass cabinet finisher with a lot more experience than I. She could probably help you get to the color you want. If you want black, paint or dyes would be my MO.

Ha! As a lifelong woodworker my favourite is people who buy cherry and then stain it to look like walnut. Killmenow

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

i really hope your kidding...black walnut will give you a nice dark finish. @Jaden9933 ,but your prob home by now...

Not you toooo...

Do we even know yet what specific wood he's trying to stain?

As far as I know, ply at Lowes is.025" b/c and c/d birch with a formaldehyde-based resin adhesive. It won't take any stain well.

If we're actually going cabinet grade birch ply/ apple board or something with at least a 16th inch skin on each side, stain May take and not blotch to the high heavens.

 

[fishguy242]

HEY...I am catching up to @fishguy242, I am only 23566 post behind. OH WAIT...Now I am 23567, 23568, 23569. AHHH, FORGET ABOUT IT...LOL!!! ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

Stick around ..25k will hit tonight or tomorrow... ;Hilarious;Hilarious

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Ha! As a lifelong woodworker my favourite is people who buy cherry and then stain it to look like walnut. Killmenow

Don't even get me started..

I was building a kitchenette from genuine Honduran mahogany for a client in Santa Monica.

On the tester bench, I did a blackout bondo pore fill and sand back before finishing.

The couple loved the look so much (of the black pore fill) they asked me if I would do the whole thing again, but almost black.

I obviously refused.

 

[elorablue]

Don't even get me started..

I was building a kitchenette from genuine Honduran mahogany for a client in Santa Monica.

On the tester bench, I did a blackout bondo pore fill and sand back before finishing.

The couple loved the look so much (of the black pore fill) they asked me if I would do the whole thing again, but almost black.

I obviously refused.

Heathens

Solid wood kitchenette?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Don't even get me started..

I was building a kitchenette from genuine Honduran mahogany for a client in Santa Monica.

On the tester bench, I did a blackout bondo pore fill and sand back before finishing.

The couple loved the look so much (of the black pore fill) they asked me if I would do the whole thing again, but almost black.

I obviously refused.

Why do people insist on trying to ruin beautiful wood

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Heathens

Solid wood kitchenette?

Yessir with a matching 44" tall stranding table. All pre 70's imported 12/4 mahog.

 

[elorablue]

Why do people insist on trying to ruin beautiful wood

Only solid wood I’ll paint or stain without thinking twice about it is oak. Hate oak.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Why do people insist on trying to ruin beautiful wood

Because HGTV exists and has brainwashed everyone that distressed farmhouse chic is the way to go for everyone.

Or they genuinely don't know a better option.

 

[LRT]

I wish I could just spray paint things and get it over with

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Only solid wood I’ll paint or stain without thinking twice about it is oak. Hate oak.

Red, I refuse to work with. Smells like cat pee. White I do like. Especially quarter sawn. I haven't felt much in the craftsman style, but that's one of the anchors of that style to me is the beautiful White oak.

If you've never looked into torified (thermaly vacuum treated)white oak, check it out. I think Austin hardwoods is the only one shipping it right now, but the color and dimensional stability is pretty much unmatched from what I've heard from those working with it often.