Monday, January 9, 2012

Kitchen Experiment: coffee staining wood

Step one: brew strong coffee.

Apply in various ways:

Method 1: plain coffee to wood
Result: nothing

Method 2: coffee and milk
Result: a very light stain

Method 3: rub warm grounds into wood
Result: light "muddy" stain

Method 4: cold grounds and vegetable oil
Result: light stain. but I think it was more from the oil than the coffee

Conclusion: coffee will make a light stain if it's mixed with milk.

Follow up: would a coffee infused oil work better than milk? Expect results in 3-6 weeks.