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Stain the Shelf Boxes

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Building The FANCIEST Floating Shelves EVER!

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What happens here

Test various wood stains (gel stains like Minwax Gel Stain 'Slate', and traditional wood finishes like Minwax Wood Finish 'Fruitwood', 'Walnut', 'Natural') on a scrap piece of plywood to determine the desired finish. Once a color is chosen (in this case, Walnut), apply the stain evenly to all surfaces of the sanded shelf boxes using a rag or brush. Allow adequate drying time as per the product instructions.

Goal: Choose a wood stain by testing samples, then apply the selected stain to the sanded shelf boxes for a finished look.

Tools and materials

  • Gloves
  • Rags
  • Sanded Shelf Boxes
  • Stirring Sticks
  • Wood Stains Minwax Gel Stain
  • Minwax Wood Finish

What they say

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I haven't done this in a very long time usually I go for a wood but today is a new day let's get crazy a couple of these are gel stains this is one regular one fruitwood it's my go-to all the time but let's see what these gel stains tend to do it's like blue I don't understand it's called slate why is it blue that's blue I'm that's hideous I'm throwing this away I'm never using this one hey that's nice it's like a not too yellow modern enough that might be a good one this one's just White so that's supposed to be like an Ikea kind of look maybe and this is just a semi-transparent natural which I'm assuming is just going to have a bunch of oil pigments inside of it show the options to the misses I think you shouldn't go the lighter stuff she hits me with um do you have any Walnut who is this girl and yeah I do have Walnut surprisingly enough okay

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