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I accidentally used woodglue that doesn't stain. How do I fix it?
Almost every glue commonly in use won't take stain, and one or two that are said to stain don't stain as well as you'd like (similar story with 'stainable filler' incidentally) so it's good practice ...
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How do I achieve flush joinery when the pieces need to be stained differently?
Stain the pieces separately before they're glued up, hoping that I don't have to sand through the whole stain to get the joints flush.
Even the deepest penetrating commercial stains, applied in the ...
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Should pre stain be used with gel stain?
Does this then mean that pre stain is not necessary when using gel stain?
Correct. One of the prime purposes of gel stain (or "gel stain" as I prefer to call it) is that it sidesteps issues with ...
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I wonder how this alternating stain effect is made
It looks to me as though whomever did this just stuck the end of the piece into a can of finish, one end at a time. If you were to dunk the end into the finish, allow it to sit for a short period of ...
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I wonder how this alternating stain effect is made
I'm with Sashco, the company who posted that picture. Yes, the prepped sections were taped off in order to clearly mark where the different prep methods were done. After all prep was done, a very ...
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I wonder how this alternating stain effect is made
Their website says:
Different Wood Prep Methods
Not only does the type of wood affect how the stain will appear, different preparation and application methods will affect the final result. ...
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How can I match gunstock oak with pine?
As bowlturner said, good luck! There are a number of challenges here.
Where possible, I'd like to avoid buying lots of different stains and mixing them by trial and error.
I'm afraid with this ...
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Use Baby oil instead of mineral oil on cutting boards
Baby oil is just mineral oil with fragrance added - so you're not going to kill anyone, but there may be a smell..
I normally use Olive Oil on cutting boards.
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Can wood be "dyed" transparent?
Apparently there is at least one method of doing this, by chemically breaking down or replacing wood lignin with acrylic.
However this method may only be practical in laboratory-type settings, or at ...
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Can you apply wood with glue over stained areas?
There are a few Q&As here with related info on bonding wood with stain or finish on it, here's another Should I finish before, during, or after assembly?
Because of the specifics of your build ...
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Chlorine bleach on poplar
Clorox seems like a cruel thing to put on wood.
I imagine that you'll feel very upset then by the thought of using lye on wood, but that too is widely done :-)
It feels "dryer" or something.
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What woods take stain well?
The obvious best resources here are the wood-database.com, The Real Wood Bible (book), and Minwax's staining guide. All are excellent sources of information. I would start with Minwax's guide-- it has ...
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Best way to apply stain
I guess it is more than a mere staining colourant and has some other stuff in it that produces a waterproof protective coating.
Yes, this type of product isn't stain in the conventional meaning of ...
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How do I fix blotchy grey stain that was not absorbed evenly into pine?
Pine is a wood that is notorious for not absorbing stain evenly. To begin with the lighter and darker portions of the grain have very different absorbencies (the existing dark parts of the grain are ...
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Can I blow torch a table that is already stained?...what would happen? Thanks
As far as looks go the only way to know for sure what'll happen is to try it out, but on the safety side what's in the stain will be burned along with the wood and that may be a health hazard. So ...
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In which order should I glue, stain and apply epoxy resin?
Since it doesn't relate to the other things we're discussing in the Comments we can go ahead and Answer the main query you posted here.
In which order should I glue, stain and apply epoxy resin?
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How can I match gunstock oak with pine?
Good luck.
However, since pine takes stain fairly well, you can try to match the overall color, but it will still look like stained pine. Your best bet, would be to bring a sample of the color you ...
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How to fix water damage to wooden table
What do you think happened here?
It looks like the water either got under the finish and caused it to bubble up/peel or the water partially dissolved the finish, which you then scrubbed off by ...
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What oil/stain/finish to use on a cedar spoon?
But now I want to give it that deep rich color and bring out the wonderful smell of cedar.
Any finish or treatment (e.g. mineral oil) you apply will actually have the tendency to lessen the smell, ...
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Wood Staining is blotchy and black...HELP!
what am I doing wrong?
This looks like a classic case of not preparing the wood fully for new stain. When you don't remove the previous finish and expose bare wood uniformly it won't look even, even ...
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Type of stain...?
First off you should recognise this as softwood and most softwoods have soft (and consequently absorbent) earlywood while the denser latewood is very much the opposite.
Due to these characteristic ...
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How long does it take for the odor to go away after applying varnish?
It depends.
The first thing is the type of product used. As the Comments have asked about the types of product used are a big factor — oil-based and spirit-soluble stuff smells much more strongly (...
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Do I need to add natural stain before applying polyurethane for natural finish?
No. The purpose of stain is to alter the color of the wood. If you don't want to change the color of the wood you should not use stain.
Polyurethane by itself is a perfectly acceptable finish.
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Should I sand after applying oil-based stain to walnut countertop material?
No, generally you don't sand after applying this type of stain1.
Soon as I read Home Depot I was ready to criticise the instructions2 but the highlighted portion isn't terrible3. They just shouldn't ...
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Need help getting stain out of wood table
The water has penetrated the finish on the table top, and stained the wood underneath. It is probably possible to remove the stain with oxalic acid.
But I doubt you can do it in a way that ...
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Staining newbie: how to match these stains that primarily color the grain?
I've watched plenty of videos, and am planning to sand, pre-condition, then stain with oil-based stain and apply oil-based poly finish.
You need to watch more videos. Or actually ditch that idea, you ...
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Can I decorate linseed oil treated wood table with a blowtorch?
You can still scorch wood that has been oiled, but the results are likely to be different to when the wood is bare.
As with almost all finishing you'd ideally want to do some experimentation before ...
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Ideas for removing fire blight 'stain'?
There are multiple types of "wood bleach", which invariably use one or more common bleaching agents. They can be used to bleach wood in specific ways (e.g. removing native colour or dark staining from ...
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I accidentally used woodglue that doesn't stain. How do I fix it?
I almost agree with another answer. However I would like to add my two cents as I just had a similar problem.
I have not as well found a glue that is "stainable". Most state they are "paintable" ...
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What is an easy way to seal wood for outdoor garden use
Looking for a suggestion on what to use to treat(stain and/or seal) wood to a little more life out of it then a season of two?
You don't have to treat almost any wood for it to have a reasonable ...
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