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Materials: Vika Amon

Description: Where can I buy a stain or veneer to stain other IKEA furniture to match my Malm medium brown bedroom set? Specifically, I am trying to stain the Vika Amon table top.

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  2. I used a walnut stain on pine boards to match to the Ikea Malm mid brown. Then I used a clear yacht varnish over the stain to finish. It was a labour of love & took a few test runs on scrap wood to get it to match almost perfectly.

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  3. Take a sample to your local Home Depot. I used to work there and know that they will open cans of stain and stain samples to try to find the right match for you at the paint desk.

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  4. I’ve heard that minwax ipswitch pine is a good match for the medium brown. It comes in a yellow can at home depot

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  5. We’ve had surprisingly good results staining (restaining?) surfaces like Vika Amon with Minwax PolyShades. It’s available at most home improvement type stores. Follow the directions very carefully and take your time. A piece we did over 15 years ago still looks great.

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  8. Pretty sure that’s laminated particle board, so stain won’t do anything to it. Take a look at the Vika Furuskog (unfinished) or Vika Byske (oiled). You could stain the Furuskog or sand and re-stain the Byske, but be mindful of what you use and the wood you’re staining. The unfinished pine some of Ikea uses will suck up the stain real fast and quickly get darker than intended. The flat surfaces won’t look the same as the samples when dry.

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  9. Isn’t the table top to which you refer a laminate? A laminate isn’t wood, so you wouldn’t be able to stain it. However, I hear that you can paint them. Therefore, you’d be able to use a paint technique to simulate wood grain.

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    1. Hi Do you think you could paint a Billy bookcase. I want to have a more old fashioned, antique look – oak colour if possible. Any suggestions?

      thanks!!

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