I have a question regarding finishing baltic birch plywood

[OCtoolguy]

I've been watching this video about how to stain BB plywood. It seems like a pretty straight forward informative video but at the end, the presenter stains the wood and after it dries he sprays it with a "master toner" lacquer from H. Behlen. I've not been able to find it anywhere. I did find the second spray finish he applied under the brand name Minwax rather than Deft. Deft is not available anywhere near me. I have bought it before at the local Ace but not anymore. It seems that covid has ruined many things. Anyway, can someone explain to be what the "master toner" might be and how I might find it? Or do I even need it? I am making my first project using BB ply and want to finish part of it in a dark walnut stain and leave part of it natural with just a clear finish on it. Here is the link to the video I've been watching and maybe someone here might be able to advise me after watching it. Thanks for your time.

 

[dgman]

Ray, you can find the Minwax spray Lacquer at Lowe’s, or at least in Ventura Co. as far as the toner, I did a Google search and found many online sources. I used to buy the Deft spray lacquer by the box of six online at Hardware World.com.                           
As for me, I would rather use a hardwood rather than stain plywood. That’s just me.

[OCtoolguy]

43 minutes ago, dgman said:

Ray, you can find the Minwax spray Lacquer at Lowe’s, or at least in Ventura Co. as far as the toner, I did a Google search and found many online sources. I used to buy the Deft spray lacquer by the box of six online at Hardware World.com.                           
As for me, I would rather use a hardwood rather than stain plywood. That’s just me.

Thanks Dan. I did buy the Minwax lacquer but couldn't figure out what to buy for the "toner". I agree with you on the type of wood but this is a project that called for BB ply. It's a tissue box for the cubes that are all over our house. I could have gone the easy way and just done it natural but my wife wanted it to be dark/light to work with the picture frames in our bathroom. I'm doing it mainly to get the feel for my Hegner saw. Something simple and quick. Or supposed to be simple and quick. Here's a pic. The 4 outsides with the palm trees will be dark and the inner box will be natural. If you watched the video, I'd like the color to be just like the last panel with the toner/lacquer. 

I will have to add the pic from my computer. The file size on my phone is too large. Later.

Edited July 13, 2021 by octoolguy

[ben2008]

4 hours ago, octoolguy said:

I've been watching this video about how to stain BB plywood. It seems like a pretty straight forward informative video but at the end, the presenter stains the wood and after it dries he sprays it with a "master toner" lacquer from H. Behlen. I've not been able to find it anywhere. I did find the second spray finish he applied under the brand name Minwax rather than Deft. Deft is not available anywhere near me. I have bought it before at the local Ace but not anymore. It seems that covid has ruined many things. Anyway, can someone explain to be what the "master toner" might be and how I might find it? Or do I even need it? I am making my first project using BB ply and want to finish part of it in a dark walnut stain and leave part of it natural with just a clear finish on it. Here is the link to the video I've been watching and maybe someone here might be able to advise me after watching it. Thanks for your time.

 

Mohawk makes a toner also. https://woodrepairproducts.com/?s=toner&post_type=product&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0K-HBhDDARIsAFJ6UGgDFNtP2ppngOFz4LuEaThoGDhR_y_fcNmp3O8EIQb514dCoqk0kE0aAkzPEALw_wcB

Also here  https://www.woodworkingshop.com/search/?search_query=Mohawk

Edited July 13, 2021 by ben2008

[OCtoolguy]

1 hour ago, ben2008 said:

Mohawk makes a toner also. https://woodrepairproducts.com/?s=toner&post_type=product&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0K-HBhDDARIsAFJ6UGgDFNtP2ppngOFz4LuEaThoGDhR_y_fcNmp3O8EIQb514dCoqk0kE0aAkzPEALw_wcB

Also here  https://www.woodworkingshop.com/search/?search_query=Mohawk

I think Mohawk is a brand that Behlen makes. Thanks. I was hoping to find it locally but so far no luck.

[OCtoolguy]

Ok, I managed to get the pics from my phone to my PC and resize them so here they are. Nothing to brag about but just for the sake of explanation. The corners here look bad but will be taken care of in later operations.