Staining a fir french door.

After staining a new stainable fir french door I noticed several sections of wood that did not take the stain. The wood even appears different than the rest of the door. It is in two panels across door. I did sand the door and the rest of door looks beautiful.

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How do I refurbish an old wood stained front door?

We live in a beautiful 1929 English Tudor home in Cincinnati, Ohio. The wood on the exterior of the front door is cracking and bowing and needs refurbishing. The door is South facing and gets direct afternoon sun. Can you tell me the steps I should go through to keep

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Staining new wood – two different colors

I recently redid my living room – my window sills are rather large and we used 1×10 wood purchased at Lowes. Then for trim I purchased the stainable trim also purchased at Lowes. Even though I have used the same stain on both and applied exactly the same way the

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Blotchy Stain Job

I didn’t use a pre stain wood conditioner. My beautiful pine window frame is a blotchy mess. How do I undo my error and get the stain out and start over.

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Staining-Finishing Pine T&G Ceiling

I will be finishing about 800 sq ft of 1×6 pine T&G prior to installation on a very high (24′)cathedral ceiling. I would like a very light or natural low gloss finish. What is the best product choice and a good technique for finish application? Relatively quick drying would certainly

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Restain Front Door

My son bought a new unfinished front door and stained it without sanding it and it looks awful!!! His stain job has streaks and it’s running all over the place. I know what you are thinking, who would do that – my son who has no experience in staining a

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Need to restain a wood entry door.

We bought what looked like an oak entry door with side and top transoms. The outside was badly weathered and needed refinishing. We started by stripping and then sanding the whole unit. Many places in the weathered wood looked black, so we continued to sand. Finally, we were able to

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