What is a good and hard clear finish for a soft wood gun stock? The wood is so soft you can dent it with a finger nail very easy. Thanks for any help.

60 year old house with wood ceilings, lap board, but time has caused gaps between the boards. How can I seal between these boards and keep the natural finish? Gaps range between 1/16 and 3/8. Right now my heat is pouring into the attic.

I have solid wood doors stained walnut, which looks dated to me. The trim around windows is white. Can I stain over the doors, say in Ebony, for a more updated look? What color would you paint the trim?

A contractor recently restained our yellow pine wainscoting (very rustic and rough texture) and coated it with polyurethane (which we had asked he not do. Our once beautiful wainscoting is now a variation in light to very dark in different areas of our rec room. How can this be corrected

We recently installed a pine T&G ceiling. Our contractor stained it incorrectly with a water base semi-transparent outdoor Cabot stain that looks horrible. It was stripped and restained with Minwax Fruitwood but the ugly gray/putty color shows through. Any suggestions to fix this. It is on two very large ceilings

How do I get the gel stain to be a light wood? Also, I used it over white paint on a banister and it looks horrible. Do I prime it with an oil based paint?

I am making a plaque with engraved words. I want to paint the words and then varnish the plaque or vice versa. What’s the best combination of paint and varnish and which should be done first?

Our house is 25 years old and the ceiling was varnished over natural pine. Would like to use a 1 to 1 white paint to water solution to lighten. Do I have to sand off or has it been long enough that finished has worn off enough?

What would be a good finish for an exterior door? It’s red wood pine & has glass panels. Would only a deck oil be good to use for the exterior side?