How to Stain Wood : Cherry Stain on Maple Wood

Chery stain on maple can look very much like cherry wood. Learn this and other helpful tips for staining wood in this free woodworking and wood project series from an expert carpenter.

Expert: Steve Anthony
Contact: www.SteveAnthonyStudios.com
Bio: Steve Anthony has been a professional photographer since 1989.
Filmmaker: Steve Anthony

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In this clip we're going to look at how cherry
stain on maple can give a very decent approximation
of actual cherry. And believe me, staining
maple is a a lot cheaper than buying cherry.
Let's take look. This is cherry plywood that
we looked at earlier, and here's a piece of
maple that I've stained with a little bit
of cherry stain. Now obviously you're not
necessarily going to fool anybody that this
is cherry, as you can see them side by side.
There is definitely a difference, but cherry
can be difficult to find and quite expensive.
So if you have some maple, a little bit of
cherry stain can give a pretty decent approximation
of cherry. They do have a very similar grain
structure. So if you do a, do a decent job
of staining you might be able to convince
a lot of people that you've made a piece out
of cherry when you've in fact made it out
of maple.