Use your mahogany scraps to test various stains. And if you are using
Cetol, it has some color also.
Gordon

"sherwindu" wrote in message
...
I am replacing my outside cockpit benches with ones made from mahogany. I
was planning to varnish
them, but sample tries show that the result is a very light, almost
blondish color. I would like to possibly stain the wood darker and then
varnish over
that. Any suggestions for what stain to use?

Sherwin D.