Finishing advice wanted

Hi everyone,
I've done small staining jobs before, but have never enjoyed doing it. Always hard to keep everything even, no matter how methodical I try to be..
Now I have a large dining table and chairs to darken. They're Tassie Oak and are being stained to a very dark brown. I have acheived the finish on several samples, but don't know how I'm going to go staining so many things at once>>> and keeping it even.
Any tips on strategies? I'm scared to go into it all without some sort of gameplan..

Any help would be greatly appreciated:cool:

To get the desired colour I have sanded the samples to 120G with a R.O.Sander and used Wattyl Walnut and Black together with a very small amount of Feast and Watson Mahogany Prooftint to make it perfect. I'm just hoping someone's got some tips that might make it slightly less of a struggle. Cheers

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The conditioner can be a diluted coat of the intended finish, glue size, or a commercial product; much will depend on your chosen finish, which is…?

Hey WW, Thanks very much for the advice, I thinned out the stain as a precoat and it has been good and done what you said it would. Sorry I didn't reply earlier, was busy staining- Will post before and after shots when I'm done. Thanks again mate:)

Hey, any chance of some of those before and after shots? I've got a tassie oak hall table I'm trying to work out how to stain, so I'm interested in your experience. Like you I'm trying to stain TO to a dark walnut colour.

Hi mate, I had a pretty positive experience. Here are some shots- turned out well, but took a while to get it all right.. Will send you my 'recipe':D
https://www.woodworkforums.com/member...-table-chairs/

Thanks, Dane. Steve has suggested I try Van Dyke crystals, so I'll have to experiment a bit.