I had a sub stain some old pine floors a light color instead of the desired brown. They want to correct the problem by staining a layer of urethane and then top coating the stained layer with more urethane. Sounds bogus to me but I wondered any one has had good experience with such a technique.
thanks.
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It's a bona-fide technique known as 'tinting' -- used primarily on timbers that take stain badly [pine is one of them].
It's very difficult to get an even color -- especially at the edges -- unless you are expert so if you decide to let them go ahead, warn them that it'll all have to be sanded off and redone if you aren't happy with it.
IanDG
Wouldn't want that on my job. Won't be even and won't wear well. Scuff it and restain it. It will work on furniture where you spray it, but not when you pad it on.
The top coat of clear protects it from scuffing -- as I said, it is a recognised technique.
IanDG