[Ron Ramirez]

...finish sanding and then staining...

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I applied two coats of stain. It's water based so it dried very quickly.

I am very disappointed in the color. I knew it would be more of a challenge since the wood is new, but this is not matching our dining room set at all. Not that that really matters...but that was the color I was after.

And you can really tell where wood putty was applied in an attempt to hide a few bad places in addition to the nail holes.

On the bright side...you cannot tell where I burned through the paper-thin top layer of veneer on one of the tops - the stain did hide that very well indeed.

I am strongly considering spraying all of the parts with Medium Walnut toner and just going with that - I believe, at this point, that that would be closer to the original factory color than this is. Plus, the toner would be better at covering up the splotches where wood putty was applied.

Does anyone know if Rustoleum Lacquer is compatible with Mohawk toners? I really don't want to wait another week or two on ordering clear lacquer from someplace; I want to get this close to being finished tomorrow. Of course, I would have to do some sanding in between final coats and that would call for waiting until next weekend to spray the final coats...but that's OK.