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Mast color - advice requested

Brewbrarian

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Would appreciate any feedback.
So, another noob question. I had planned to stain my masts on my Black Prince Schooner (1775), but the Model Expo English Oak stain I have looks very orange. I was thinking of using the walnut stain (which I also have) which is a somewhat rich dark brown, but I wonder--is there any reason historically why that would be a bad (inaccurate) choice?
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Usually conifer trees like fir, pine, spruce were used for the mast construction.
At this time of your schooner, the masts were usually not painted so I would not use a dark color stain
 
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