Getting ready to start the Iroquois Take II. I do not want to paint it but I don't really like the color (too much orange) of pine ply with fiberglass and epoxy clear coat. I was gonna just tint the epoxy but from what I understand it has a solid color and doesn't allow for any of the natural grain to come thru. So I'm leaning towards water-based, semi-transparent stain in "walnut" for the inside and a "pine green" for the exterior. I'm gonna stain the wood before it gets a drop of epoxy. I have some questions (imagine that).
1) I'm gonna try some colors on scrap ply. I know that epoxy will darken it. For testing only, I want to use Min-Wax Helmsman over the stain. Will I get the same amount of "darkening" using this as I would using epoxy? Will the epoxy darken it even more? Or less? Again, this will just be for color testing.
2) I'm looking for a good water based stain. Most (if not all) of the water-based stains the paint store (Sherman-Williams) had were for exterior of houses and had some form of weatherproofing or waterproofing included. This can't be good for the epoxy.
Thanks again all,
CB
1) I'm gonna try some colors on scrap ply. I know that epoxy will darken it. For testing only, I want to use Min-Wax Helmsman over the stain. Will I get the same amount of "darkening" using this as I would using epoxy? Will the epoxy darken it even more? Or less? Again, this will just be for color testing.
2) I'm looking for a good water based stain. Most (if not all) of the water-based stains the paint store (Sherman-Williams) had were for exterior of houses and had some form of weatherproofing or waterproofing included. This can't be good for the epoxy.
Thanks again all,
CB