Time to stain some wood. I set up shop at, what has now become, the staining table in our garage. You can see the evidence of past days of staining yore that my wife has done there so it was a natural choice of location. I was meticulous in disassembling the pieces and worked out a means of setting them up in their build order so I wouldn't lose track of what went where. There is a right side and a left side and they are all in numeric order from top to bottom.
I used my tablesaw rip-fence to act as a place to stand my elbow shaped pieces upright. I also put two scraps of wood under the base piece to keep it off the table.
All setup.
I got everything that I would need before starting. Very important step. You don't want to have to run around for something that you forgot halfway through preparing wood. I got: clean clothes, paintbrush, clean container, Pre-stain wood conditioner, and some paint thinner.
I applied the pre-stain conditioner to the wood, cleaned my brush, and then wiped off the excess with the clean cloth.
The wood is already taking on a warmer tone with the conditioner.
And the side pieces are taking on a much more defined layer look now.
After the appropriate time passes, time to apply the first layer of stain. I am using Minwax "Golden Oak" stain. I did elaborate test pieces using about five different stains at different layer numbers to come to what I wanted to achieve. I also used test pieces to figure out how many
layers of polyurethane I will be using. The results liked best was two layers of golden oak and three layers of polyurethane.
Between each layer, I need to clean the brush and wipe off excess stain after about 15 minutes. I can put the second layer on after about 6 hours. I waited 7 because it is so humid where I live.
The base piece with the first layer on.
Second layer on the side pieces. I like the definition the sub-layers are taking on.
The base piece has a nice tone to it now. Hard to photo since it was now dark outside and working with garage lights.
I used my tablesaw rip-fence to act as a place to stand my elbow shaped pieces upright. I also put two scraps of wood under the base piece to keep it off the table.
All setup.
I got everything that I would need before starting. Very important step. You don't want to have to run around for something that you forgot halfway through preparing wood. I got: clean clothes, paintbrush, clean container, Pre-stain wood conditioner, and some paint thinner.
I applied the pre-stain conditioner to the wood, cleaned my brush, and then wiped off the excess with the clean cloth.
The wood is already taking on a warmer tone with the conditioner.
And the side pieces are taking on a much more defined layer look now.
After the appropriate time passes, time to apply the first layer of stain. I am using Minwax "Golden Oak" stain. I did elaborate test pieces using about five different stains at different layer numbers to come to what I wanted to achieve. I also used test pieces to figure out how many
layers of polyurethane I will be using. The results liked best was two layers of golden oak and three layers of polyurethane.
Between each layer, I need to clean the brush and wipe off excess stain after about 15 minutes. I can put the second layer on after about 6 hours. I waited 7 because it is so humid where I live.
The base piece with the first layer on.
Second layer on the side pieces. I like the definition the sub-layers are taking on.
The base piece has a nice tone to it now. Hard to photo since it was now dark outside and working with garage lights.
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