Maintain Consistent Stain Color by Stirring

off. Another important tip about staining is with a semi-transparent stain, the tint the tint will have a tendency to settle at the bottom of the bucket. So, every couple minutes, you want to use a stir stick just to stir your stain up to keep it from drawing or settle at the bottom cuz once you start working to the bottom, the stain will be a lot darker.