Staining a kit with a veneer - Help!

[Shaunzorr]

Hi all,

I’m looking at getting a ib1 kit very soon and am tossing up between the salted maple or flamed veneer options.

As these both have a veneer, which I’ve read in the manual is less than 1mm thick I am wondering if I can achieve a finish using red and black water based stain. Kind of like the photos below. I am planning to use colortone stain and truoil over the top for a nice gloss finish.





I’d love to know if either the spalted or flamed works best and if anyone has any recommendations on methods or products that will help achieve a similar look.

Thanks