Sanding and Staining the 1x4 Boards

[Music] okay so the boards in order to have the best success for us we're gonna sand them first a quick 220 just to clean up the edges so it could stain a little bit easier not blotchy plus we're going to get rid of all this you know the stain though or the stamps that are on here [Music] so we need stain so this is all prepped let's go pick out some stain we need a few of the stains i want to keep this as light as possible so i got a few here this is uh called natural from uh minwax this is pickled oak that'll be great we've used flint on a few things got a little hint of greatness to it and we'll start applying it just to the first coats one light coat we want to keep this as light as possible you can use these are stained sponges they absorb it and it's basically like one thick you know applicator that kind of keeps tapping into the stain highly discourage people from using rags especially because most of the time people are using the wrong kind of rags there's the right ones like lint-free and stuff like that then get a little towel so we'll apply our first coat apply it on wipe it off real quick and then we'll just kind of truck through them just changing off one board will be this color that color this color that color and then just give it a little diversity [Music] okay so the stains coming in real good you know a couple of lighter cozy multiple applications but overall not too bad okay so we have our stuff stained i had natural stain i got rid of it because it didn't look like it was doing anything and i already have like a a lightish stain so the overall colors are uh fruitwood which is our classic uh our pickled oak our flint which is a little dark but and then our uh weathered oak once it