[Ron Ramirez]

Kirk

I was just looking at Mohawk's color chart. I really wish they had pictures of their toners as they actually appear on wood...

Anyway...

My suggestions are (Ultra Classic, not Tone Finish):

Perfect Brown for the top part. Just enough darker than Medium Walnut that it should be a good match for the original, based on the picture in your first post in this thread.

For the sides...hmmm...that's another story. You need something darker than Perfect Brown but not as extreme as Extra Dark Walnut (which would be too dark). This is where I wish someone had experimented before me, but I'm not aware of anyone who has.

So...based on Mohawk's color chart...perhaps Dark Walnut, Dark Red Walnut, or Dark Walnut/Oak. Cans aren't that expensive...buy one can of all three, try them all on a piece of scrap wood and see which one matches best?

P.S. What was wrong with your first attempt? In the pictures, I thought the top part looked OK...as you know, you can always spray darker toners over lighter toners for the sides...You had mentioned runs. Were the runs in the sides, or on the top? If just the sides, then you could have sanded and tried, tried again...