2 stain colors that meet at a line....

[Rabbit]

As Simon said, wood is porous. stain applied to raw timber will want to bleed a bit, or a lot... depending on how tight the grain is. some of the stains will also , if left long enough will stain plastic (as some of the guys dealing with binding can attest to. I f the stain if persistant enough to stain plastic thwn you may be able to seal the timber first , and rather than the timber being stained, the sealer takes up the stain, in which case masking may be more effective. The alternative is to seal the timber with a clear and then use tape and candy colours so you still see the grain.

[Gunut75]

For anyone that wants to know......I used blue masking tape to create the lines. The sharpness of the line has everything to do with application technique.
I used a cloth to stain the wood. After soaking the cloth in the stain, I started in the middle, away from the tape line. Once majority of the stain was used from the cloth, I would lightly blot in the tape line. That way it's easy to control, and you don't get any drops or bleeding. Almost looks like a glued binding. Getting clearcoat from here.

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[mrpearson]

For anyone that wants to know......I used blue masking tape to create the lines. The sharpness of the line has everything to do with application technique.
I used a cloth to stain the wood. After soaking the cloth in the stain, I started in the middle, away from the tape line. Once majority of the stain was used from the cloth, I would lightly blot in the tape line. That way it's easy to control, and you don't get any drops or bleeding. Almost looks like a glued binding. Getting clearcoat from here.

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I found the tamiya 6mm model tape provided a good clean edge. Better than masking tape from Bunnings


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[Gunut75]

Tamiya! There's RC cars and trucks all over my house!

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