I found this website by accident and am really impressed by it. I've possibly got part of the way to solving my problem but would like to get a bit further.
I'm in Scotland and have an old cottage. Access to part of the house is a long corridor with 6 bar and batten unfinished pine doors - these are all old and a nice 'honey' colour. The plasterwork in this corridor has had to be replaced and new skirtings and door facings are required. I'm looking for advice on getting a passible match with the existing doors.
I see from some posts that getting a reasonable stain match with pine is not easy. It will depend on the pine I use and it would be interesting to know what is recommended - I'm not a great fan of the 'bog-standard' red pine and wonder whether I would be best to look for something with a low knot count.
Ironically I found a very good match to the finish I'm looking for 6 months ago in a hostel in Ullapool where all the timber facings,etc. were almost knot free and near enough the colour I want.
Rob
I'm in Scotland and have an old cottage. Access to part of the house is a long corridor with 6 bar and batten unfinished pine doors - these are all old and a nice 'honey' colour. The plasterwork in this corridor has had to be replaced and new skirtings and door facings are required. I'm looking for advice on getting a passible match with the existing doors.
I see from some posts that getting a reasonable stain match with pine is not easy. It will depend on the pine I use and it would be interesting to know what is recommended - I'm not a great fan of the 'bog-standard' red pine and wonder whether I would be best to look for something with a low knot count.
Ironically I found a very good match to the finish I'm looking for 6 months ago in a hostel in Ullapool where all the timber facings,etc. were almost knot free and near enough the colour I want.
Rob