I am making some dining chairs of white oak. They will be outdoors under a covered patio, but will receive a few hours of sunlight each day. I would like to finish them in a dark brown color to contrast with the cedar table I built.
I have used General finishes dye stain in the past with great success, but those were interior projects. I am considering using the GF dye stain, with 2 coats of Nature One water based siding stain, then coating with Emtech 9300. The Nature One is a very high quality stain/finish that has been very durable on my deck handrails (4 years with no fading). Basically I'm thinking to use the dye under the Nature One to give a deep brown base color. When I've used Nature One on white oak in the past, it took 3 coats to get halfway to the color I want to achieve on this project.
Is this a bad idea, or can someone suggest how I can dye this white oak so it won't fade from sunlight? I do have a fuji Hvlp setup. Thanks so much for any advice.