Warren,

I used water based stain to get green accent strips on my Guillemot last winter. I idea was to stain before the strip went on to get one forest geen strip at the water line. I really drenched the strips with a stain to get maximum absorption. It looked fine until I started to fair the hull and it started to come off as I sanded. I had two choices mask off the strip and restain or sand it all off. I was not confident that I could get a crisp line as you can with paint so I chose the latter and sanded it all off. Luckly I was able to get 98% of it off.

I ended up using pin striping tape from a boat store for the job.

Getting stain to look even is hard enough with soft wood. I would recomend that you do it after you have sanded and to use water based stain so that you don't have problems with epoxy.

Jack

> G'day mates!

> Got lots of clear cedar out here on the west coast of Vancouver Island but
> having a heck of a time finding redwood. Have even phoned all the
> lumber/finishing stores on the Canadian mainland with no success.

> Question of the week: Why can't I stain some of my cedar a darker colour?
> A friend in the home decorating business tells me that I will notice the
> difference right away - a flat, consistent, un-natural tint. But thought I
> would pose the question to this forum, anyone out there stained there
> cedar a darker colour? were you pleased with results? would you do it
> again?

> thanks in advance!

> Warren