I purchased cherry stain but it is too light. How do I get the deep red color of cherry on unfinished whitewood?

Hi, pattyg2!

If you go to a Sherwin-Williams paint store, they will have lacquer-based stains that will help you to achieve the color that you want.

They also can make a special tint using those same stains for what you want.

If you need any further assistance here, please let me know on this thread.

Thanks!

Patty

Look in the mahogany family of stains. The name that stain manufactures use has only a little connection to the real color of wood. Just sounds good. Minwax's Red Mahogany is about as close to the color of cherry as I have found. Maybe a mix of red and medium mahogany to get the color you want. At least its close to what you expect to see when someone says that it has a "cherry finish". Nothing matches the beauty of a nice piece of cherry that has been exposed to the light for six months.

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Patty

Look in the mahogany family of stains. The name that stain manufactures use has only a little connection to the real color of wood. Just sounds good. Minwax's Red Mahogany is about as close to the color of cherry as I have found. Maybe a mix of red and medium mahogany to get the color you want. At least its close to what you expect to see when someone says that it has a "cherry finish". Nothing matches the beauty of a nice piece of cherry that has been exposed to the light for six months.

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Thanks Harold. I have red mahogany stain already and I will try it on the underside of the piece. Wish I could have gotten the pieces of furniture I wanted already finished but couldn't find them for the price I was willing to pay so I ended up buying unfinished.

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Originally Posted by hkstroud

Patty

Look in the mahogany family of stains. The name that stain manufactures use has only a little connection to the real color of wood. Just sounds good. Minwax's Red Mahogany is about as close to the color of cherry as I have found. Maybe a mix of red and medium mahogany to get the color you want. At least its close to what you expect to see when someone says that it has a "cherry finish". Nothing matches the beauty of a nice piece of cherry that has been exposed to the light for six months.

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As usual you were right Harold! I thank you so much for the info and here are the pics of how the project turned out. I was trying to match the cherry bed and the tables match exactly!
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