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Originally Posted by Big Flounder
We have to pick out our stain for our cabinets. Cabinet guy sent us to Sherman Williams and they were really not much help. They had samples of all colors on all woods except cypress. All they told us was if we picked one of those colors there is a chance the finished product could turn out different. Any suggestions on other brands?
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You would have the same problem with other brands.
I suggest you go to the Cabinet maker [or find a lumber yard that has your type cypress] and get a small piece [or several pieces] of the wood used for your cabinets. Take this wood to the paint dealer and tell them you would like to test some of the stains to see which one you like. Dip a cloth into the stain to get a small part "wet". Rub the cloth on the wood to smooth out the stain on a small area. Repeat with different stains...leaving a small space between the "test" spots.
Mark the wood with numbers like 1, 2, 3, 4. and write down [on some paper] which stain you used for #1, # 2 etc. After the stain dries, it will look a little different.
OR......
Buy 2 small cans of the stains that you are considering to use. Take the stains to the cabinet maker and do the "testing" at his shop.
If the cabinet maker is planning to put some type of "finish" after the stain is applied.......you need to also put the "finish" on your samples because the "finish" will make it look different than just the stain. You may want to try different "finishes" on your sample stains to see which you like best.
Also......the final outcome [how it looks when finished] depends on how much stain is applied to the wood. Usually the heavier you apply the stain.....the darker the wood will look.
If you put a light amount of stain on the wood.....and like it that way, the cabinet maker might put more on the wood and it could be much darker. Or vise versa. It might be a good idea to talk with the cabinet maker about this and give him your test sample of wood and tell him to "try" and make it look like this.