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Do It Yourself Stains

There are a lot of recipes on staining wood and some of the ingredients include:

 Black Raspberries
 Black Tea
 Coffee
 Food Coloring
 Green Tea
 Hot Chocolate
 Hydrogen Peroxide
 Nails
 Onion Skins
 Pennies
 Powdered Indigo
 Red Wine
 Roofing Tar
 Tobacco
 Tomato Sauce
 Tumeric
 Steel Wool
 Vinegar
 Walnut Husks

It is also a good idea after the stain dries to seal the wood with a natural oil such as linseed oil (made from flax seeds) NOT boiled linseed oil or olive oil.