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Iroko stain

jabaroon · 2009-06-17 00:59:22

Hi All, I have some side gates made with Iroko hardwood. I would ideally like to stain them to a similar shade to my dark brown UPVC windows. Rather than try to buy lots of samples of ronseal (or similar) stain, has anyone attempted this before / got a recomendation as to which stain colour would get my Iroko closest to my…

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17-06-2009 1:59am

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jabaroon

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Hi All,

I have some side gates made with Iroko hardwood. I would ideally like to stain them to a similar shade to my dark brown UPVC windows. Rather than try to buy lots of samples of ronseal (or similar) stain, has anyone attempted this before / got a recomendation as to which stain colour would get my Iroko closest to my dark brown UPVC windows!?!?

Cheers,
Jab

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#2 17-06-2009 8:41am
k123456

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Try osmo Bankari oil in dark, Abbey woods baldoyle sell it, they have some small sample tins which you could try first

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#3 18-06-2009 8:38am
jabaroon

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cool, will try them! Excellent, thanks,
Jab

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