that's awesome!!

that's so awesome, I'm happy it worked out!

+bransonhauntedhills awesome! I'm so glad to hear that

yay! I'm so glad to hear that :)

+Esther Rouillard I'm so glad, thanks!

+Despina Sofiolaki thank you!

I haven't made a whole tutorial but I put up 2 posts with a couple photos and some explanation. Here's the first one I made www.sharonojala.com/2016/01/dollhouse-steamer-trunk-handmade.html

and the 2nd one is a dome top www.sharonojala.com/2016/01/dollhouse-steamer-trunk-handmade.html

thanks!

dunno if you guys cares but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my gf during the lockdown =)

@Walter Jordan yup, have been using Instaflixxer for years myself :D

Shellac can be used.

how did it go?

@@Aaron-zd1ws it worked well! I used instant decaf

@@jowardseph Thanks for your reply! if steel wool doesn't work I will be using this. What do you reccomend to seal it?

@@Aaron-zd1ws I can't remember what I used. Some clear coat spray from Home Depot

no, it gets gooey if mixed together

Ok thanks.

I would, lol but you would definitely need to seal it in. I would suggested a couple coats of sealer over it and I would use a sealer for heavy traffic. And again, the first coat has to go on quickly and lightly, pass over only once so you don't rub off the stain.. also be sure the stain is completely dry first.

Syllavr what will happen if I don't seal it ?

Yeah, why the acrylic?

Mineral oil is a non-drying oil. If you're looking for a natural oil to seal it perhaps use Tung oil (be sure the bottle says pure), linseed or walnut. Watch out for allergies as these oils come from nuts. And don't wad up your oily rags for the trash as it's a fire hazard.

never tried that before. Thanks for the idea!

No problem. Figured it'd evaporate before it has a chance to kink the wood.

yes... a slight coffee smell for a little bit but eventually it fades away

No, I don’t think so. It needs to be sealed after it dries so on larger surfaces the stain would become streaky, some coming off before you’d be able to seal it properly

lol it's a home I built onto a 2 room wooden dollhouse. It ended up being 4'7 with many, many rooms built from foil, cardboard and clay. I have a video tour here, if you're interested in seeing it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndeHat2iuZmoloU.html

it might be a bit thick and you'd be rubbing off the coffee stain while you apply it, unless you seal it first with the spray like I suggested

🏍️ This Viking cup sounds interesting.

mice dislike coffee just found out. use coffee as mice repellent xD! PS. same with ants.

@@rekostarr7149 Okay haha that's great. Thanks 😊

Well don't make it to drink and add sugar to it.

never, ever. I've been doing this for years. I also dry the stain completely then add a clear coat sealer over top.

I haven't noticed but I do seal it after so that would take care of most of it. If there was a lingering coffee smell it would eventually disappear

Even if it does smell like coffee, it's still much better than the smell of normal stain

any type of instant coffee will stain wood... I don't think regular coffee will give you a rich stain, it would probably give you a light stain lacking in color

do you mean does it last forever? It's been about 5 years for some of mine and so far the color is the same. I think it's sealing it in that keeps the color

I had to look at the video again, it’s 7 yrs old so I forgot how I used to seal in coffee. Coffee stain will always be my 1st choice over a chemical wood stain, the smell of actual wood stain is extremely strong even if you do it outside, it lingers so coffee is better for me. The spay sealer was done outside so I didn’t breathe that in and it didn’t linger. I found that to be the lesser of the 2 evils back then. But now a days I seal it with a water based Varathane that has no smell and is soap and water clean up. Of course, as with all my videos, these are ideas only that I share and nothing has to be followed 100%. People can take and leave what they want to.

@@WhereTheGnomesLive Any wood wax/oil, or even Modge Podge would do just as good of a job sealing the wood seeing as it is a doll house. The coffee does look good on the floor but for mine I'm going to use some home made black walnut stain I made last year for the creepier Victorian style I want. Wasn't trying to be an ass or anything, just found it odd that you went for the sealants you did.

@@K.H.2713 sounds amazing! Have fun 😊

No thanks. They support China.