Use a water base stain and it should work just fine. Before committing to the entire bathtub try staining a sample and then epoxy it, just to see how well it will work and what it will look like.

Check out the link to a posting from last week. Here is Newfoundland's web site also http://www.newfound.com/index.htm

Jason

: I am building a custom wooden bathtub between boats and would like to stain
: part of the wood before glassing. Has anyone out there successfully done
: this? Will the epoxy and glass bond correctly with the stained wood?

: I use System Three epoxy. Should I use water based or oil based stain or does
: it matter? Even if well dry, will the stain run when I wet it with epoxy?

: Thanks for you help.

: Randy