I have heard worse stain related stories.

My dad had a truckload of black walnut delivered to his house up north by a rich friend who owns a lot of acreage in North Carolina.

My dad paneled his whole den with some of the stuff, cut to 1x8 8 footers. He also built a 15 foot long bookshelf out of 2x12 15 footers. Solid clear walnut. Can't imagine what it would cost to go buy 2x12 15 footers. Beautiful wood.

Then he stained the den black, to make it 'smokier' and painted the bookshelf white, using semigloss latex interior trim paint, to fit in better with the wife's white motif for the living room.

Then he got out the acetone and tried to remove the stain off the whole den, failed, tried sanding, and then hired a crew to come in and bleach it back. Not sure what they used but you can see the grain now.

He is happy with the white painted bookshelf.

I never understood the need for stain, personally. Never saw an ugly wood.

: I'm building a S&G Solace 16 LT and I pre-stained (walnut) the deck sheer
: panels before stitching up the deck. When I glued the seams, I missed a
: few dribbles that dried on the stained panels. When I scraped off the
: green epoxy, the stain came off too. No sweat, I thought, I'll just
: re-stain those spots. WRONG. The stain didn't take because (I think) there
: was still epoxy embedded in the grain. At this point I've sanded with 220
: grit (and over sanded) those areas real good but before I apply any new
: stain I'm asking for advice. I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that when I
: re-stain, it will be a reasonable match to the original stain. On a test
: panel I had for the original stain color, I noticed sanding with 150 grit
: made the new stain come out slightly darker.

: Am I heading in the right direction or is this is genuine train wreck? Right
: now it looks bad. No, it wouldn't even come close to passing the 3 foot
: rule.

: Is there any specific technique for blending in the stain at the edges where
: it fades back to the original or do you just try to lighten up the
: application? Also, I don't want to add any extra stain to the previously
: stained surfaces so I'm thinking I should wipe off the wet stain towards
: the interior of the newly stained surface so I don't wipe new stain onto
: the old. Is this right or are there any tips or tricks I should know?

: One other thing. The areas that need re-staining are right next to raw
: plywood so I also need to mask off the adjacent panel that shouldn't get
: any stain on it. Any tips for this?

: Thanks for your help. There's beer and or steaks to anyone who can help me
: salvage this mess.