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Apply Wood Stain

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Making Built-In shelves

What happens here

Before applying stain, use painter's tape to carefully mask off all adjacent drywall areas around the shelves to prevent accidental staining. The video demonstrates pre-testing various stains on a scrap piece of maple plywood (labeled with stain types like Fruitwood, Weathered Oak, Pickled Oak, etc.) to determine the desired color. The chosen stain is Minwax Wood Finish Penetrating Stain in 'Fruitwood'. Apply the stain using a foam brush, brushing along the grain. Allow the stain to soak for approximately two minutes as per product directions, then wipe off any excess with a clean rag. Repeat for multiple coats (typically 3-4) to achieve the desired depth of color and ensure consistent coverage.

Goal: Prepare the shelves for staining by masking off adjacent wall areas, then apply Minwax Wood Finish Penetrating Stain using a foam brush for a consistent, even finish.

Tools and materials

  • Clean Rags
  • Foam Brush
  • Painter's Tape

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knew it I'm good at what I do for the longest time ever I was always applying Spain using like a rag and the problem sorry about that and the problem with that it was the rag was give you this inconsistent staining because you come out a super drench you put it down so this would be the heaviest spot and then by time you got here would be worn out so I found out that besides it's messy using a brush foam brush at what 80 cents foam brush is the easiest way to do this and the way I like to do it brush it on along with the grain let it soak in there usually these directions they let it soak for about two minutes and then wipe off any excess out this is a good opportunity to remember I need a rag to wipe stuff off oh all this hard work I need a sip of grandpa's old cough syrup just kidding this is a clear coat this is actually an interesting thing most the time I shoot clear coat on some of these projects using a sprayer but because this is built-in I don't want to get clear coat on to the walls this is a rub on Polly or a wipe-on poly that's actually better for marketing white bond as opposed to rub on my different demographics anywho this is a wipeout polyurethane its it applies really easy to take a rag put it on there and put coat after coat plants really well I've used this in a past and shouldn't be miss you the stain is almost done drying so we're gonna throw a few coats on there that way when we put bottles on there or anything that has wetness on it it won't start eating away at the stain and look fine Chuck and scratches as well all right so it's all dry really there's different ways to apply it so people apply it right on to the dragon I think there's also ways just just do that I'm just a guy with a youtube channel what do I and the ideas you don't want to wipe it off completely it's you do put it on until it's kind of wet it's kind of putting wax on on the car except obviously liquid form you want to have a residue staying on there and then followed by will be like three to four coats all right it's a moment of truth here which I don't know why there's a moment insurance we already see the product that's all dry it's great it's really great and just like that we've built built-in shelves out of plywood any title this

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