paint and stain finish

[devsdad98]

Hi all,

I was wondering if any of you had any projects that were both stained and painted? I have one that I want to finish this way. I have been told that you cannot paint over stain. I don't know much about this so if anyone could help, I would appreciate it.

Mark

[Travis]

LOL...this reminds me of the old drinking saying that I could never get right. "Beer before liqueur, never sicker" or is it "liqueur before beer, never sicker?" I could never remember which way the saying goes. I have the same problem with the oil/water debate. You can either paint acrylic on top of oil, but not oil on acrylic, or its the other way around. I'd test it on some scrap first, but I believe you can paint acrylic on top of oil stain. Steve Good will dip his projects in lemon oil, then clear coat it with an acrylic spray, so I think painting on your stain will work since its the same principle. I could be wrong, so test it first. I'd like to try this on a project too, so I'd love to hear back on your experiences.

[greasemonkeyredneck]

Look under the bragging rights section at my carousel horse. A lot of that is paint over stain. It turns out fine. From my experience, anything can go over oil base anything. Hoever, the only thing you can put over water base is another water base.