Staining veneer plywood. When building with plywood you will often want to stain and finish the surface to enhance your projects beauty. Birch plywood can be difficult to stain without ending up with a blotchy finish. Staining oak plywood is a bit different from staining other kinds of wood and very often people find that they have difficulties getting the stain completely even. Plywood is an amazingly versatile building material.
Smooth plywood is made with a more natural looking wood veneer disguising what the plywood really is namely a heavily processed laminate made from glue and wood. Because it is made of thin strips of wood glued together with adhesive it is a very efficient product to produce and is thus inexpensive. In this quick video i try a few methods to attain an attractive stained finish on birch plywood. Veneer is very thin sheets of hardwood sliced from logs for use mainly in the furniture industry.
Veneer allows a craftsman to finish a woodworking project with a beautiful exotic wood that might not otherwise be. How to stain veneer. You learn how to stain and finish wood veneers quickly and easily.