/jp/ - Otaku Culture

well im pretty pissed. Tried staining it earlier today to finish it off, only to find that the plaque was made of 2 different woods (or some really low quality bits) and absorbed the stain in an uneven and horrible way. Whats worse is that this was supposed to be a gift and now i need to find 16hrs before Monday to redo it. Going to hit it with some stain remover tomorrow and see if its at all salvageable, but most likely ill have to do the whole thing again.

so i guess a word of advice to anyone looking to get into any creative hobby involving finishing wood is test stain the back of the wood before you completely destroy all your hard work. Normally for plaques you can leave the back unfinished, but when dealing with something you're spending alot of time on its better to be safe and check to make sure your board was manufactured properly. I've done alot of wood staining and never once have i had a piece of wood that was manufactured improperly so either i've been lucky or this is a horrible bit of bad luck.

It sucks, but sometimes projects dont get the happy ending they deserve. hopefully in the nesxt 48hrs ill have a successful version to show you guys.