Dave Monk Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Just for fun guess what kind of wood. First time I had ever used it. I stained it with Minwax Special Walnut. Scrolling Steve, lawson56, SCROLLSAW703 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 As usual that is a beautiful plaque. The wood I'm guessing pine. Nice staining no matter the wood type. Have you tried gel stain? I've tried it on a couple things lately and I really like it. Expensive per can, but a little goes a long ways. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Just for the heck of it, I'm going to guess "apple". I don't know why but it just came to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Scrappile said: As usual that is a beautiful plaque. The wood I'm guessing pine. Nice staining no matter the wood type. Have you tried gel stain? I've tried it on a couple things lately and I really like it. Expensive per can, but a little goes a long ways. Nope..........not pine. I have never tried jell stain. What is the advantage over wiping stain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Just now, octoolguy said: Just for the heck of it, I'm going to guess "apple". I don't know why but it just came to mind. Nope..........not apple. I have never even seen apple OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Dave Monk said: Nope..........not apple. I have never even seen apple The only apple wood I have ever seen was a few items that my great grandfather carved for me when I was very young. Unfortunately, I was TOO young and didn't place the correct value on them and they got away from me. The wood though is a very nice straight grained light colored wood. Dave Monk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Dave Monk said: Nope..........not pine. I have never tried jell stain. What is the advantage over wiping stain. Heck, Dave, I don't know I was hoping you would try it and let me know! But it say "Gel" on the can, not "Jell" and I am jut pointing this out so you won't think I am stupid,,,,, Just having fun here Dave. For years I did nothing buy Minwax and for some reason it did not set well with me. I know very little about staining. I mean very little. I just seemed to me like Minwax was so thin, liquid-ie, runny. I tried Zar stain when I did my kayak, and liked it better, somewhat thicker, but but I was putting it on cloth like material not wood. I used it once on wood and it kind of went on like paint an hid the grain. Than a little while ago I purchased some gel stain, to do the backer of the first religious verse piece I did and I for some reason loved it. Went on easily, no blotchy spots (and this was on Baltic Birch) and I just liked it. I have no great amount of experience with it so I was thinking maybe you have tried it and wondering what your thoughts were. I will say no more on it in this thread because I do not want to start something that will take attention away from the great piece you made here. Just if you try it sometime, I would like your opinion. I value your opinion. You can see by my guess on the wood, I know as much about wood as I do stain! Edited March 14, 2019 by Scrappile Dave Monk and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I have no actual experience here but from what I have read and heard, the advantage of gel stain is it's controllability. From what I have read, you can wipe it on and not have it going all over the piece and it doesn't soak in as fast so you can come back on it and wipe it off before it gets too deep into the wood. Ok, that's all I know. SCROLLSAW703 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Scrappile said: Heck, Dave, I don't know I was hoping you would try it and let me know! But it say "Gel" on the can, not "Jell" and I am jut pointing this out so you won't think I am stupid,,,,, Just having fun here Dave. For years I did nothing buy Minwax and for some reason it did not set well with me. I know very little about staining. I mean very little. I just seemed to me like Minwax was so thin, liquid-ie, runny. I tried Zar stain when I did my kayak, and liked it better, somewhat thicker, but but I was putting it on cloth like material not wood. I used it once on wood and it kind of went on like paint an hid the grain. Than a little while ago I purchased some gel stain, to do the backer of the first religious verse piece I did and I for some reason loved it. Went on easily, no blotchy spots (and this was on Baltic Birch) and I just liked it. I have no great amount of experience with it so I was thinking maybe you have tried it and wondering what your thoughts were. I will say no more on it in this thread because I do not want to start something that will take attention away from the great piece you made here. Just if you try it sometime, I would like your opinion. I value your opinion. You can see by my guess on the wood, I know as much about wood as I do stain! By gosh I will buy some and try it. I can see where it would work good for backers. Might be a bit harder to get down into fret work. I've been known to try about anything once. I try about anything that people mention on here. I even bought some Titebond Quick and Thick Glue that you mentioned a while back. It is a lot like the Weldbond that I have been using. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I use gel stain all the time, not a whole lot of colors though, and Dave another excellent piece, RJ Dave Monk and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 23 minutes ago, Dave Monk said: By gosh I will buy some and try it. I can see where it would work good for backers. Might be a bit harder to get down into fret work. I've been known to try about anything once. I try about anything that people mention on here. I even bought some Titebond Quick and Thick Glue that you mentioned a while back. It is a lot like the Weldbond that I have been using. There you go, see how valuable your opinion is? You make a good point without even using it. I had not thought about getting it down in to fretwork. Coarse I have never yet stained any fretwork. I just us rattle can finish. But, good point and I can see that could be a problem. OCtoolguy and Dave Monk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 It looks like it might be Popular IKE OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaideman Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 So what kind of wood is it ? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 13 minutes ago, ike said: It looks like it might be Popular IKE Not poplar Ike. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Slagle Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Maple? Edited March 14, 2019 by Greg Slagle OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Before ya tell I will take a shot and guess red oak OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Greg Slagle said: Maple? Not Maple Greg. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, lawson56 said: Before ya tell I will take a shot and guess red oak No not Oak. lawson56 and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Well, in all fairness Dave, you aren't giving us much to go on, besides the picture of an already stained piece of wood. Nice cutting BTW. I'm going to make a few presumptions. The wood is naturally light colored. It's a domestic hardwood. If those assumptions are correct, the fine, straight grain is the only other clue we can gather from the picture. You already ruled out poplar and maple, which would be the most obvious choices. I'm going to take a guess and say beech or birch. If neither of those, then I think some hints are in order. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Nice looking plaque as always Dave. The Couple will love it. Now, as to the type of wood, since you are now in Texas, and you say its the first time you have cut this type of wood, I am going to say it is something that is easy to find in Texas and so I am going to guess Texas Mesquite wood. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcdennis Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Looks like Mohogany. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Fir. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Slagle Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 My first thought was Padauk but you said the color was from stain so I guess that couldn't be it... heh heh... OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I'm going out on a limb but going to guess Basswood. I have used Gel Stain on a pair of toy boxed I did for my Grand Sons years ago. Nice to work with but also has it draw backs too. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I like the reasoning behind mesquite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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