staining a pine bookcase as dark as possible

ali-t

gabyjane wrote: »

ali-t i am no use other than to say i am exactly the same as you and always try and do the right/cheaoer thing and regret it! we have lovely untreated drawers in our bedroom and a chocolate leather bed..decided i would stain them to match the bed instead of buying the expensive ones but have decided now not to as know i will ruin them! will sell as they are nice and save for the others!
Good luck with yours

haha gabyjane, at least someone has learnt from my mistake - don't do it. I think I will put it in a cupboard as storage so no-one will see it :rotfl: and then invest in a decent one. my money saving efforts are always thwarted.

Thanks to everyone who said I had to take the varnish off. I don't think I could bring myself to do that as 1. I am too lazy 2. it doesn't seem like a good time/money investment and 3. It would probably still go wrong as I am too hashy with things like that. Thanks to everyone for their input.

dampdaveski

Black gloss??
Merry Christmas
DD

moonrakerz

Try Finishing Oil - brings out the grain and isn't too dark.

Red_Cat

Just paint it now, might still look good. White or cream coloured egg shell would look good.

keystone

moonrakerz wrote: »

Try Finishing Oil - brings out the grain and isn't too dark.

On top of varnish? Cracking idea.

Cheers

keystone

Red_Cat wrote: »

Just paint it now, might still look good. White or cream coloured egg shell would look good.

Yes it probably would except that hes going to have to sand the varnish right back, clean it and then prime it (And possibly undercoat) before thinking about any sort of finishing. Not a quick job!

Cheers