After sanding off the finish on a sash, one of the rails is made up of several small segments of wood joined together with finger joints. The owner wants to stain the sash. The area in question will be inconspicuous. Is there a treatment of some kind that will hide the presence of the finger joints and the different grains yet still allow me to stain the stile? Thanks.
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"inconspicuous"? you might get away with a paint and stain combo, I have.
That's what I was thinking. Can I do a "wash coat" of diluted paint then stain over top?
I have successfully used all-in-one finish products to produce a muddy-enough looking coat that it might hide finger joints. But only if the wood is pine, and the completed color is closer to walnut.
(All-in-one, in this case, is a product that includes both stain and varnish.)
I wash-coated with sprayed shellac. Then I used successive coats of ever-darkening colors of all-in-one. By the time the color matched the walnut, the finish was also muddy enough to hide the finger joints.
If the client wants both stain, and a light color, quote him the price of making a new sash with solid (or veneered) wood. You'll either make money, or change his mind.
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