Re: Sand After Staining

You can try staining again assumming you have "not" applied
a top coat.

To even the stain out look for a gel stain of the
same brand. The gel stain will lay up on top and
will allow slightly more color control.

The next solution involves a hammer, wonder bar and some matches.

Buck Turgidson wrote:

I installed some oak baseboards and basecaps in my Foyer. After staining them, I see that there are some parts of the base cap where the grain is very open, and it absorbed much more stain and looks splotchy.

What's the best way to remedy this? Can I sand this and re-apply stain very lightly?


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