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Testing Stains on Scrap Wood

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What happens here

Before the final epoxy application, it's recommended to test different wood stains on a scrap piece of the same wood. Apply various Minwax Wood Finish penetrating stains (e.g., Early American, Red Oak, Colonial Maple, Special Walnut) to different sections of the test piece, optionally using painter's tape to create clean lines between samples. This helps determine the preferred color and how the stain interacts with the wood grain before committing to the main countertop.

Goal: Determine the desired wood stain color and effect

Tools and materials

  • Foam Brushes — Applying stain samples
  • Painter's Tape — Creating separation between stain samples
  • Scrap Wood Piece — Testing different stain colors

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[Music] okay so here's our test piece we've got three different stains on it and there's a couple things that we learned during this process I'm glad we did this test piece for sure before we went with the main piece right first thing that we both seen on this test piece is the bandsaw marks even though this is sanded out you can still clearly see them look at oh oh it's dry Frankie yeah I mean so this is this is first call okay and you can really easily see them especially in this stain but in all three so and it's you can't feel them no yeah yep so this is first coat so what we're going to end up doing is because this is our test piece we're gonna second coat only half of each piece with each stain so so we're gonna stain it this way this way and this way and the reason we're doing it instead of doing it this way is we want to see the finished result on the face so one coat to coat one coat to coat you loose one coat to cold and then when we're done with that we've got a poly it cuz that's really gonna be and

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