Reply by Neil

@jw The wood is red oak with oak ply and the other is Hickory and hickory ply. I’ve always had a problem with solid wood not taking stain the same as ply, that is until I changed to dye which I have had great results matching plywood with solid wood.

I need to keep the staining down to a simple process, using dye on the solid and stain on the ply would take too much time for an entire kitchen worth of doors and drawer fronts.