Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - odd staining question ........

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condo-owner
05-10-09, 09:44 PM
hello. i have 2 cabinets that i want to put veneer on, some time in the (hopefully) not too distant future. they are birch.
as i don't know what my future holds, i would like to put some kind of color on these cabinets, to hold me over. i was thinking stain. can stained birch be veneered over ? or any other options ?

thanx.

:coffee:

marksr
05-11-09, 05:13 AM
Do they currently have any type of finish on them?
condo-owner
05-11-09, 07:43 PM
no. bare wood.

i am not looking to make these "finished" or even good looking. i just want to make them a darker color than they are. but, at the same time, i do not want to create problems or extra work, when it comes time to veneer them.

condo-owner
05-16-09, 11:40 PM
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marksr
05-17-09, 06:04 AM
I don't understand why you would want to cover the birch with a veneer:confused:

Applying veneer is a little out of my league but I would think you would need clean raw wood for the adhesive to work well.
condo-owner
05-17-09, 07:14 AM
I don't understand why you would want to cover the birch with a veneer:confused:



my woodworking skills. or lack there of. i had planned to veneer them from the start. so i did not aim for a nice finish on the birch. sides, birch doesn't have a nice grain, to me. they are somewhat large HT subwoofer boxs.