Apply First Coat of Stain & Poly

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What happens here

Apply the first coat of the stirred stain and poly mixture to the wood shelf using a paintbrush. Work quickly to apply the product, ensuring a nice and heavy coat that is worked into the grain of the wood. The first coat acts as a 'seal coat'. After covering the surface, 'lay it out' or 'tip it off' by making long, even strokes in one direction to eliminate brush strokes and air bubbles. The instructions indicate that the first coat dries quickly, potentially allowing sanding before a full hour has passed. Ensure that side edges are also covered.

Goal: Apply an even, heavy first coat to the wood surface.

Tools and materials

5-in-1 Tool — Scraping off any runs on the edges after drying
MaxiFlex Work Gloves MaxiFlex — Protecting hands during application
Paintbrush — Applying the stain and poly
BEHR Water-Based Stain & Poly — The finishing product for the wood

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instructions are you can apply one coat then um wait an hour sand it I'll lightly sand with my EOD Diamond sponge and apply the second coat you can see behind me the one that's already done right there looks absolutely amazing so give you some pointers when to apply in it too while we're applying it the more coat you paint the more color you'll end up seeing you definitely got to do more than one coat your first coat kind of is like acting as a seal coat so so I want to try to get it on as quickly as I can and then I'm going to lay it out or tip it off that some people might say I already did my sides edges it dries the first coat dries really fast so what I noticed is I mean I was even um able to sand my first coat you'll before an hour I'm getting my first coat on putting it on nice and heavy working it in the grain of the wood if you're doing a lot larger piece of wood you would have to lay it out and tip it off you sooner terminology for that if you're not familiar laying it out I'm just going to would lay it with my brush or tip it off with my brush that's what is um going to get rid of all your brush Strokes um your random brush Strokes or it'll help get rid of any air bubbles in the um product so I got it on there now I'm going to lay it out make sure everything's 100% covered make sure my Sid side KN it a little bit this is what it's going to look like I'm just going to lay it out in One Direction get it to the end lay it out I want to make sure my sides watch your edges that if you get any running down the edge or the side make sure that you um brush it out one of them after um I laid it out this I didn't check my edges and I had some runs on the sides if you get runs I just scraped it out with my um scraped the five scraped it off with my 5 in one and then I um so we got a little run coming down the side right there I'm just going to brush it out and I sanded it after I scraped

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