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Originally Posted by derekleffew
Your stock sounds extremely similar to poplar, and I suspect being hardwood, will not take stain well, (just like poplar). I would recommend a low-VOC (for "tree-hugging Van) paint instead. Or, if you like the color and grain, a polyurethane finish (high-gloss on the inside, for sanitary purposes).
Can't help you with moisture expansion/contraction issues, as we don't have that problem here. In fact, I cross-grain glue everything! |
Never seen White aspen lumber around here either.
Just a note on stain I recently purchased some water base stain for a project. It worked great, not as many fumes, and easy clean up. My feeling is if you did a really dark stain project you might need to add an extra coat but mine was a light stain project and it worked great. I recommend checking it out. Especially if your wife is picky about fumes in the garage like mine is.
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