Yahoo Message Number: 117232 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117232)
Has anyone touched up the wood inside their coach, or replaced a piece of moulding
And had to match the stain color to make it look presentable.
I need to add a piece of trim to my TV enclosure and I'm trying not to make a half a dozen trips
To the local hardware store trying to find something that matches.
Do they put the stain on the build sheet or that sheet on the mirror door?
It's either a maple or light to medium cherry coloring (our best guess).
Just throwing this out to see if anyone remembers what they used.
Thanks
Dave
2007 Allure 470 40' #31495
W/Tag
So. Cal Mountains and Henderson, Nev
Yahoo Message Number: 117235 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117235)
Try Howard Restor-A-Finish & Feed-N-Wax available in Lowe's or Home Depot. Comes in several shades. Think you'll be pleased.
Jerry & Brenda Azzara
1999 Intrigue Chefs Delite
#10702
6s
Yahoo Message Number: 117236 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117236)
Dave, We have a 2011 Holiday Rambler (Monaco) Endeavor. I had a cabinet shop build some cabinets which we added. They call the wood Cherry in the brochure but it is actually Alder with a Cherry stain. The brochure is online if you want to see photos of the interior wood. I was fortunate and got lucky on the first can I bought. It was an exact match. It sounds like your description may be lighter. If you would like and I can find it, I can send a picture of the can or the brand and code for it. Let me know. If you have a good full service paint store near you they might be able to color match the stain for you.
Yahoo Message Number: 117237 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117237)
Thanks Jerry I will take a look.
Dave
07 Country Coach Allure 430 #31495
12 Jeep GC Toad
Mountains of So Cal and
Henderson, Nev
Yahoo Message Number: 117238 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117238)
Roger, Thanks for that info, but who is the maker/manufacturer of that stain. I need some type of name to google
it so I can compare with what I have.
Dave
07 Country Coach Allure 430 #31495
12 Jeep GC Toad
Mountains of So Cal and
Henderson, Nev
Yahoo Message Number: 117239 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117239)
Maple and cherry CC finishes in coaches are totally different. If you have natural cherry, you finish it with a clear finish and just leave it alone. The uv light will darken it to match the existing (it's what naturally happens to cherry). If you want to speed the process, finish it and then set it in the sun for several days. If you have stained cherry then you will have to experiment. Personally I've never had any luck with staining maple to look like cheery. Maple being so hard, it usually won't absorb stain real well. It always come off looking like a cheap imitation.
You can contact Davis Cabinets in Junction City and they might be able to help you. All case work they have done for me over the years, in various coaches, has always matched the CC finishes.
Yahoo Message Number: 117241 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117241)
Where are you? I had to have the cabinet changed when I installed a dish and a proper TV. That meant a cabinet maker came in, measured what I needed, took a cabinet door with him to match, and made a beautiful drop-down under the new TV, and installed it, all for $60. That was in Junction City, Oregon. Cal Thorne at Advanced Satellite Systems made the arrangements,
Ken H, #31035, 2004 Allure
Yahoo Message Number: 117245 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117245)
I've done lots of wood working in my coach and Howard's works great. In fact I refinished all my cabinets, installed new 40in TVs made a desk and spice rack in the kitchen and using Howard's it looks like it came from the factory.
If you use new wood put a wood conditioner on the wood first. The conditioner holds the wood except stain evenly.
Craig Hovda
2005 Allure 470
31256
Yahoo Message Number: 117246 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117246)
If Cheery, X's 2 on sunlight and time is your friend:)! And to Howards too... We have Cheery, and all of our modifications and added cabinets have within a year fully blended to not be noticeably different then the OEM. Within 6 months, we could tell, but most others would not have...
Best of luck,
Smitty
04 Allure 31017
Yahoo Message Number: 117247 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/country-coach-owners/conversations/messages/117247)
Yes I have Dave, we have a 97 Allure and all the woodwork is honey oak, I've had a cabinet door made to match the wood here and to get to stain right I went to an Ace hardware, a Lowes or Home Depot would also work, they have stain color charts there, I picked one up, compared the chart shades to what we have, went backed and picked up the right color stain/sealer, went back, put a coat on a scrap piece, waited for it to dry, matched it to all the original and found out it was too light so I added a second coat and when it dried it matched spot-on. Since then everything I've done has been 2 coats with a dry in between and all looks really great and you can't tell if it's factory or new.............Paul