Pre-Staining Prep and Hand Protection

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Before beginning the staining process, the presenter recommends testing the wood with a moisture meter to ensure it's at an appropriate moisture level for staining. He then emphasizes the importance of wearing proper hand protection, especially with oil-based products. He uses surgical-style Raven gloves as a base layer, followed by work gloves over the top. This two-layer approach prevents oil from soaking through to his hands, offering both chemical protection and a good grip. He notes that while the Expert Stain & Seal oil is environmentally safe and non-toxic, wearing gloves simplifies cleanup and prevents having to scrub oil from hands at the end of the day.

Goal: Prepare for staining by testing wood moisture and ensuring proper hand protection.

Tools and materials

Moisture Meter — Testing the moisture content of the wood before staining
Raven Gloves Raven — Providing a base layer of chemical protection for hands
Work Gloves — Providing grip and an additional layer of protection over surgical gloves

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gate [Music] so one of the reasons you I have this extension you can see I got it hooked up to a three 3ot extension it Mak makes it so I don't have to bend over to get down low if I was brushing and rolling just a regular brush I have to bend down there to actually reach that so the extension pull just makes my life a lot easier so I'm just going to give you a simple little tiff before I start staining I found I'm using um expert staining seals oil so it's a non-drying oil uh I typically always wear gloves for a lot of different reasons the gloves I do use with the non drying oil the oil could soak through the top of the gloves which is kind of like just um a stretch material some gloves it could soak through the palm of the gloves so I typically take like a surgical glove like Ravens and then I'll put those gloves on first and then I'll put my work gloves you know over the top of that and the reason why I don't wear just the Ravens and work with because they don't really offer any type of grip or anything they do offer protection from the oil soaking through and getting on my hands and it is an environmentally safe non-t xic oil so it's not going to um cause any issues by getting on your hands I just don't want to have to worry

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