I posted recently about my dog pawing my hardwood floors and how to fix it. I used a minwax professional filler that says it can be stained, followed the instructions, and it will not soak in stain much at all. Is there anything I can do to blend the filler to the flooring?? Thank you!
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Hi everyone,
Have my first woodworking project and stained a table top with 1 coat (oil based) dark walnut, then did a thin coat of gray over top of it. Half of it came out very nice and how I wanted, but I just did a crappy job applying the gray on the other half. Too heavy in spots, and stop/start wipe marks.
My question is whether I can 'spot' sand and re-stain the portion I don't like (about 1-1/2 boards)? I'm not sure if its bad enough for me to justify re-doing the entire piece.
Thank you!
I can’t find a straight answer for this.. the pigment says it’s for epoxy but I’m wondering if I add a bit to the stain/polyurethane before applying if it will work? I’m looking just for a touch of color with the wood grain still visible. Any input or tips are appreciated.
Very inexperienced with woodworking, but I do one or two small projects a year. I make mistakes, but it's usually not a big deal.
Here's something I just did that I cannot find an answer to anywhere.
I have some old wood I was planning to stain. I sanded, cleaned up with mineral spirits, and then applied wood conditioner (time gaps between). I then decided not to stain it because it looks great now that it's "wet" and just want to apply spar urethane to protect it outside.
I'm sitting here wondering if that's alright and if it's bad to let the conditioner dry all the way. I've never used wood conditioner, but everything I have is oil based.
In essence, do I need to let the wood conditioner dry before applying the spar urethane? Is it better for the conditioner to be kind of wet? Do I need to clean it off with mineral spirits or sand it and start over?
Any advice is very appreciated!
I'm starting my first project and from what I'm reading how different wood types stain differently, and then different finishes make the end product look different as well. It seems like it would be impossible for me to pick out a wood type, stain, and finish and achieve the look I would be expecting. So, I decided I would come to Reddit and ask to see if you all have any suggestions.
I really want the end product to look the same color and texture as the image below, maybe a little bit less glossy even. I like the weathered/aged look as well.
I found this classic gray water-based stain from Minwax that seems to be as close as I can find to the color I'm looking for. It's not perfect but I think I would be satisfied if the end result looked similar to that. But reading more about staining, it seems like that specific stain could end up looking way different on one type of wood vs another type of wood. Then when I add the finish to it, it seems like it will change the color even more (and add a gloss that I'm hoping to avoid).
I'm hoping I can find things that dry relatively quickly and are easy enough to apply, being my first project I don't want to spend too much time on the staining and finishing part of the project.
Does anyone have any suggestions on where I would start to find the right wood, stain, and finish to get an end result similar to this?
https://preview.redd.it/oc2jj3hauac81.png?width=819&format=png&auto=webp&s=18f0bff024002bb13e5c22bf04583ec74bc2b7a7
I stained the stock on a muzzle loader I've been building using some minwax oil based stain. Some forums said that this was one application where applying several coats is acceptable, so that's what I did. That didn't seem to cause me any issues, but because this is my first time staining wood, I didn't know that you had to like really wipe it off when you're done. I went over it all once with a clean rag after my last coat, but I a lot was left on the surface. Just checked it a few hours later, and the oil has evaporated and I have a gross sticky layer on top.
I wiped it down with a dry paper towel out of curiosity, and a lot came off. So what about a slightly damp rag or paper towel or something? Will that mess anything up? It's not all that stuck right now, and I don't have mineral spirits or anything so I'm guessing it would be a good idea to remove it as quickly as possible
Pics: https://imgur.com/a/16Tu5fM
I'm wondering if any of you have experience with or thoughts on deciding between a paint grade vs stain grade wood garage door.
We live near the ocean, so we're trying to avoid metal due to rust issues. We like the aesthetics of a stained wood door quite a bit better, but so far we've been quoted essentially double the cost for stain grade vs. paint grade wood. And that's for the whole project including the motor, etc. It seems strange to me that stain grade wood would be that much of a difference in cost!
We've also been told that the maintenance is more frequent for stain grade, although the details on this seem sketchy. The guy we talked to said we'd need to re-stain it every 1-2 years, but then later in the conversation suggested that a paint grade door would need to be repainted every 1-2 years.
