I just obtained a couple of very nice lens board for my 5x7 Agfa Ansco.
Over the years I've refinished several 6x6 Deardorff boards and thought I had my lens board refinishing act down
...well, not quite.
'Dorffs are mahogany and respond nicely to lacquer----several p!$$ coats, steel wool in between the coats and a couple of top coats of lacquer Agfa Anscos OTOH are either painted gray or a dark cherry stained Mahogany.
One of my new old lens boards is Agfa gray with nice grain underneath.
Leaving it gray wasn't an option.
Clear lacquer isn't going to match either.
When I come across lens boards with ho-hum grain (usually plywood) I generally opt for a coat of satin black enamel.
But the grain on this lens board is soooo pretty!
Repainting it would just be wrong.
So I spent part of my Sunday afternoon at the Ace looking at samples of cherry stains.
Of course none match, nor even come close!
So I thought I'd ask here---who makes a close enough stain to Agfa Ansco dark cherry?
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