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Wish I thought of that, will have been cool to do a ceder lined wafer board lower section.

Hmm, cats and cedar on the other hand (not that my cat follows any normal what repels him theories), got a feeling for a litter box on the other hand... good question.

On the other hand, they are not repelled by silicone. Made two larger than normal litter boxes a few weeks ago which are on casters. Simply roll the boxes out from under the shelving and you get full access - was a really good project and the cats now have large litter boxes.

Back to the staining, finished staining for the most part this weekend other than a touch up. Must remember next time a) I hate staining and finishing yet my fiencee doesn't mind doing so... let her. b) must not forget to mix the stain before starting the process.... ended up with on the first coat more or less a laquor that turned into paint the lower I got. c) gravity is bad especially when doing the end grain - it can seep in along the surface in an unnatural way when say the hinged seat removed from the chair is on end.... yea that's going to take a bit of work to fix.

On the whole on the other hand, this white aspen pine is better than yellow pine. More like a poplar or oak in being very different in taking stain than normal pine. I am very glad I chose this material. By way of how the sain sinks in, pine normally sinks in for the most part ok but with the yellow grains doesn't as much and kind of sits on the surface a bit in those areas. Smaller more tight grain helps but still the basic thing I note is pine kind of in some areas of the grain doesn't absorb the stain as evenly as this aspen, as similar to most poplar or oak. Noting that some poplar also doesn't absorb stain as well dependant upon the grain and cut.

So overall, it seems to take stain really well - given the user does a proper job of staining, much less removes all the wood filler around the area of what is filled - missed a spot or two that did not absorb as well.

d) as opposed to hooking up the pneumatic sprayer and applying the Poly or tung oil - get er done... style, must remember that I should not do the finish when someone else is willing. Patience... lots of it for the build but not for the finish. Amazing I can teach it but when it comes to doing so... not so much. For finishes, I'm more the get it done type. Got a schedule to keep and new stuff on the list to construct. Onto the next project.