Whirlpool Decking -- Staining!

Well, I am pleased to have company today -- my wife, Dawn, is here and the other two of our kids are here also...  And, it worked out so that I was completely ready to do the staining just shortly after she arrived...

We went over to Owen Yoder's (our doors and trim guy), and he had matched stain on poplar to the sample of cherry from our cabinet makers, the Bontrigger's.

So, we brought home a half gallon of stain (turned out he didn't have to do any mixing -- it matched Washington Cherry on poplar almost exactly to the Huntington on cherry)...  We were able to get all the staining done, and we put plastic drop cloths over top of the pieces partially to keep dust off, and also we put a heater under the plastic so we could keep them warm enough to dry quickly -- it is around 40 degrees here today, so we needed to get them warmer...

Heat rises, so it is working great -- keeping the plastic up off the stained wood...  We will be able to do the glazed coat tomorrow and Sunday (have to do the backsplash first and then put it in place so we can glaze the decking around the tub.  We will be basically ready to lower the tub onto the decking by Monday!  Then, we can finish the plumbing and the whirlpool will be ready for rough in inspection!  Maybe we'll even put our bathing suits on and try it out, too!

Here is the plastic over the backsplash and shelf in the garage...

And, here is the whirlpool with the decking covered with plastic...