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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 1220959" data-attributes="member: 560358">Which stain?Easy answer: go to the home center or hardware store and they *better* have samplepackets of all the stains to try on scrap wood. One of my favorite colors {polling the audience here}is Varathane Cabernet... ssshhhh... Very cool looking stain and do two thin coats ofMinwax wipe on polyurethane. I think the wipe on poly is a gimmick as it looks the sameas regular Minwax, perhaps the &#039;wipe on&#039; is the container convienence, not chemical composition, hence the higher price.&nbsp; Don&#039;t use water based polyurethane, those are forsissy boys.You can also try the oils too.. Whatever you do, get some wood scraps and do somestain testing on them.If you want to hide end grain layers of the plywood, the home centers have rolls of iron on veneer in 3/4&quot; wide strips.Cool shiznit... Lay it down, iron it on.. done.. Razor blade to trim excess. Looks sweet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 1220959, member: 560358"] Which stain? Easy answer: go to the home center or hardware store and they *better* have sample packets of all the stains to try on scrap wood. One of my favorite colors {polling the audience here} is Varathane Cabernet... ssshhhh... Very cool looking stain and do two thin coats of Minwax wipe on polyurethane. I think the wipe on poly is a gimmick as it looks the same as regular Minwax, perhaps the 'wipe on' is the container convienence, not chemical composition, hence the higher price. Don't use water based polyurethane, those are for sissy boys. You can also try the oils too.. Whatever you do, get some wood scraps and do some stain testing on them. If you want to hide end grain layers of the plywood, the home centers have rolls of iron on veneer in 3/4" wide strips. Cool shiznit... Lay it down, iron it on.. done.. Razor blade to trim excess. Looks sweet. [/QUOTE]

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