Why did varnish remove my stain?

Can you help me? I recently purchased new wood front doors. I sanded them, stained them, waited a week, then applied marine spar varnish to the top layer. In application, the varnish took off/bleached much of the stain. The original stain color was red, and it looked beautiful and well-done

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Best method to strip a redwood ceiling.

A customer asked me about stripping a 50 year old redwood tongue and groove exterior porch ceiling. It looks like old dried out varnish and there is stain underneath, which will also have to be sanded to restore to original color. My question is what is the best method and

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Staining outside door.

I want to re-stain my front door. The top half looks fine because it doesn’t get the sun like the bottom half. Do I need to strip the stain off my outside door completely even though the bottom half is the only part that needs to be stained due to

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Staining and sealing clear coat.

We have a house on the beach and wanted to know if it is alright to stain and put a clear coat on the exterior doors and gates? Is there going to be any problems down the road? Thanks

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Tung oil refinishing.

About 15 years ago I replaced my interior doors with pine 6 panel doors. I finished them with Tung oil and they came out beautiful. After 15 years I think I need to refinish them. There are a few scratches and gouges I would like to get rid of. What

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Darken already stained trim.

I want to darken my walnut stained wood door and trim. Could I rub with dark paint and wipe to give it a rustic look? Or should I lightly sand and go over the existing stain with a black stain to give it the brown/black finish I’m looking for?

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