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Hi all, I am building an entertainment unit out of MDF and she who must be obeyed has requested a finish just like our large coffee table which is a very dark chocolate brown stain bordering on black with a satin finish,
Any ideas what a man can use stain wise to duplicate this finish
Cheers
Majordad
Couple of coats of an oil based walnut stain should go close
For a 100% match use the wood from the coffee table.
Low sheen acyrilc house paint...
I would imagine it would be hard to get stain to look the same on the edges(endgrain)of your unit as it would on the mdf hard surfaces.
Or as gatiep said!
Mdf can be made to look reasoanble & will stain in the normal manner but the end grain presents a chalenge.
One work arround is to do a sunburst sort of thing with the stain very dark at the edges and lightening toward the middle of the panels.
the endgrain will take quite some sealing & sanding.
cheers