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  1. 20th March 2013, 03:22 PM #1
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    Default Staining ply too look like hoop pine

    I have made the base of a school style desk from ply. Using a decent piece of solid wood for the front and biscuiting it in. All the visible edges are enclosed so as not to see the ply. i have got a lovely knotted piece of hoop pine for the top section. How would you advise staining the very blonde ply to get a similar finish?

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    Hi Greg,
    Very weak Coffee or Tea may do the trick, & Cheap of course.
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    depending on the color variance, the ply will darken a little with time
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    Default Staining ply too look like hoop pine

    Greg, is the hoop an old golden piece? I love that colour. The ply is quite possibly hoop pine as well actually just from younger, more quickly grown plantation tree. I would just lightly tea stain it if it's a really jarring colour mismatch but i would try applying your finish to an off cut of the ply and seeing what colour it goes on it's own.

    We had a hoop floor laid in a house we were in several years ago and at first it was practically white but after just a few months sunlight had deepened the finsh significantly, to the point that the rugs we had on the floor left neat white ghost images.

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