Royce Meritt
10-08-2004, 10:30 AM
Hey everyone! I am in the final stages of finishing up some fairly elaborate woodwork around a friends whirlpool tub. It started with a face frame with rail & stile, flat panel doors on the front of the tub surround to allow access to the plumbing. That was followed by a "soffit" above the tub with fluted columns going from the tub deck to the "soffit" at the ceiling.
Here's the problem...the back of the "soffit" is a simple 1/4 oak ply rail and stile panel. He is having a problem getting the oak ply to stain nicely. It appears that in some of the more "open grain" areas of the plywood it is not staining properly. Is the problem caused by the veneer layer being SOOOO thin that there is glue "bleed-through" and therefore the oak won't take stain? Anyone else have this problem? Thanks/
Here's the problem...the back of the "soffit" is a simple 1/4 oak ply rail and stile panel. He is having a problem getting the oak ply to stain nicely. It appears that in some of the more "open grain" areas of the plywood it is not staining properly. Is the problem caused by the veneer layer being SOOOO thin that there is glue "bleed-through" and therefore the oak won't take stain? Anyone else have this problem? Thanks/