f/u - Fireplace Mantel Stain (PIP Sample)

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Here's a couple pics showing a sample stain for the mantel. What do you think?

[gnomesweetgnome]

I think it'll look great!

[spankswife]

I love it! It looks great, and it is a nice, timeless wood tone.

[emjacobs]

My reply keeps getting eaten by the board.

I like it, but I don't love it. I think the stain has a slight red tone to it and I'm not sure if that is a good thing. I really like the gray and tan look and for me the reds coming out makes some of the tan stones look dirty.

[TBM]

Mar 29, 2013 16:07:28 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

I like it, but I don't love it. I think the stain has a slight red tone to it and I'm not sure if that is a good thing. I really like the gray and tan look and for me the reds coming out makes some of the tan stones look dirty.

This.  I was thinking that maybe adding a darker glaze to it would tone down the reddishness and add some depth to it.

[nessness]

I agree that a less-red color would be better, maybe more of a walnut.

[Deleted]

Thanks all for the feedback. I'll ask for a less red, more brown sample.

[jhawks482]

Whatever the stain, I feel like it needs to be slightly darker than it is now. Currently I feel like it gets lost amongst the stone, which is beautiful, by the way! Do you have info on it at all? Where is it from, etc?

[aweilba]

I like it, but don't quite love it.  I think something a little darker without the red tone would look even better. 

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jhawks482 --- The stone is manufactured by Dutch Quality Stone with color/style of Sienna Stack Ledge.

Regarding a darker color stain, the mantel is maple which doesn't take dark stain that well (I was told it will look blotchy) and that the grain will disappear with a dark stain. That's my only hesitancy with darker stain. Unfortunately, I wasn't asked what wood the mantel I wanted. I'll ask about glazing it and maybe it will make it darker without getting a blotchy look.