Cody-- Regarding taking "the pink out"... My experimenting with Behlen's Blood Red by itself and with a bit of mahogony stain was if it was not red or deep enough i just applied more. I also did a project with Behlen Blood Red but because I wanted it DARKER I first put on a couple of layers of Mahogony Stain with very light sanding in between.

The result: Not pink. Nice and deep; a dark rich red. Thus far I like about 7 layers of the Behlen Blood Red with 2 mahogony stain layers under it. Then 3 layers of Linseed Oil and then high gloss Wax. Buffed up. (Note the Behlen dries within minutes so several layers is NOT as time consumming or labor intensive sounding as several layers of other materials.)

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