Carpentry and Woodworking - Oak and pine trimwork

I am currently installing new woodwork in my living room and dining room. The base and shoe woodwork (floor trim) are made of oak and the 4 inch crown moulding is made of pine (I couldn't afford the $4 per foot cost of oak) I would like to get the two woods to be as close in color after staining as possible. Is there a way I can "pretreat" the pine, so that when stained it will more closely match the stained oak trim? I was planning on using Minwax Golden Oak stain. Thanks for any help you can provide.

STH17

Pine won't take stain as evenly or as well as oak. I would apply one coat on both, then see about a second or third coat to darken the pine. They are not next to each other, so some difference will not be noticed.

Hope this helps.

Even if you can get a color match (which will be difficult), the pine won't look like oak. (The grain patterns are much different).

Bite the bullet and pop for the oak crown. You'll be glad a year from now. :)

Thanks for your responses. I decided to buy Oak. (Menard's had it on sale)

Way to go!! :D

Think of all the fun you'll have telling everyone that you did it yourself, too. :)

If the thought of trying to match the two comes up again, stop right there.

In a previous post, I said many reasons why you cant make one look like the other.

It's not wise to put more than 2 coats of stain on wood.

Pine is not Oak and Oak is not Pine. "Red" Oak has red and brown tones. Pine has "Yellow" tones. Staining something 100 times isnt going to make one look like the other, irregardless of the graining.