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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 189132, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> I agree with Evelyb but I use a wonderful stain made from pokeberries under the shellac. It gives the mahogany the wonderful reddish highlights. I hate the brown highlights that regular mahogany stains gives. I once had a friend ask me to refinish a mahogany stand with a missing shelf. I made a new shelf but worried about staining it to match. Decided to strip it all off save some of the stripped messy residue and rub the mess on the new shelf and wipe it off. When I redid the piece the new piece matched to a t . </p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 189132, member: 78"]Hi, I agree with Evelyb but I use a wonderful stain made from pokeberries under the shellac. It gives the mahogany the wonderful reddish highlights. I hate the brown highlights that regular mahogany stains gives. I once had a friend ask me to refinish a mahogany stand with a missing shelf. I made a new shelf but worried about staining it to match. Decided to strip it all off save some of the stripped messy residue and rub the mess on the new shelf and wipe it off. When I redid the piece the new piece matched to a t . greg[/QUOTE]
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