Tip number 1 do not stain.
Stained maple interior doors.
Also known as rock maple or sugar maple.
When staining soft maple kitchen doors and drawers from a millworks shop the painter applied a special walnut stain directly to the raw wood.
We can pre finish your maple doors with a clear finish or you can choose one of baird brothers seven stain colors.
Picture is shown with clear finish.
Color ranges from a premium white sapwood to a light brown heartwood.
The stain did not take well on wood milled with the grain and on cross cuts the stain soaked into the wood giving a dark black color.
If you want a darker finish on maple use a dye.
Maple cabinet door staining problems solutions.
Our hard maple doors can be finished natural or with a light stain or paint wash finish.
Custom wood doors and other hardwood species such as hickory white oak mahogany and alder are available upon request.
We can make wood doors fit your standard or un standard door opening and stain seal them any color.
We are a family owned and operated business that started in 1977 and the first shop to offer interior wood doors on line since 1999 from our chicago based location in lovely crown point indiana.
Tip number 2 always start staining on the backs so if you hate the stain experiment you will not see it every day.
Tips for a darker stain on hard maple.
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