The look is fabulous! I will say that I go the extra mile and sand all my wood to raw before staining or painting. Hi Denise! Love all your helpful info on here. Decided to try and stain a piano bench, I cleaned it really good and then sanded and wiped down again. I would wait 24 hours before worrying. I have a front door that is made of??? Lol, it looks like wood but its not. A Home Depot purchase. Thoughts for using on that? I would test on the very top or bottom before I tackled the entire thing, but I think it would work just fine.
I have a mahogany front door. We had been keeping the stain up and polyurethane on it. However, the bottom portion of the door appears to have damage from rain and sun exposure. I was told that even if we had the door stripped and sanded down, any new stain would not look consistent from top to bottom of the door.
So I guess our only option is to sand and paint the door. Hi Mindy! It sure can! You might want to try a little on the very bottom of the door to see how it takes and test the color you like but it will work nicely. Thank you so much. I have a black painted table that I thought I would lighten a little.
I thought of using a grey gel stain over Or should I use a watered down grey paint? Not sure. I love your work and would value your opinion. Hmm, not sure Sharon. If you have the gel stain and paint on hand, maybe try them both under the table and see which you like better. Would gel stain work in white or should I just keep with the Sherwin Williams white paint I have already purchased.
They are Amish made cabinets but just getting tired looking. Your doors are lovely!! Hi Sharon and thanks. Just my 2cents, but I would go with the original plan with your SW White. The reason being, going from lighter to darker is really easy to achieve with gorgeous results. Going from dark to light can be hit or miss. Plus SW is just fabulous. These look amazing, Denise!! I did the same over the ugly orangey stain that used to be on several areas of our stairs…like magic!!
Two questions how well does it hold up in particular on cabinets and doors? Also can I use it in a raw wood or would it not have any benefit or would it react like a typical stain I agree with e setons you always give such wonderful detailed suggestions in an easy to understand format ty!!
Hi Kim! If prepped and applied and topcoated properly, Gel Stain holds up extremely well on cabinets and doors. And yes, you can use it on raw wood like I did here. You mentioned that a water based poly can be used over an oil stain!?!? This is super exciting as I always thought you had to stay with the same.
I just did some tables with gel stain and have been waiting for a nice day to do the poly coat outside. If I can use the water based, I can do them indoors! Thank you for the info!! You sure can Denise!
Beautiful transformation! I too live in Canada and wonder if you could advise me the best place to buy Dixie Belle paints and which is your favourite and most versatile white from DB? Thanks, Arlene! This is exactly what I want to do to all of the doors in my house. Thanks for the inspiration! Have you ever used Briwax? I came across it in my research. It looks like it provides a similar finish to one coat of the gel stain.
Your doors look gorgeous. This has given me an idea for a bathroom vanity I have! I love the transformation. Your doors look amazing with the dark stain. Thanks, too, for the FAQ section as well. Denise, this post came at the best time! Do you think deglossing it, then staining with Antique Walnut gel by GF before the black wash would work? Your clients are lucky. You take such good care of them and do beautiful work. Your idea is brilliant.
Hi Patty! A Black Wash is when you mix black paint with water and apply it as a finish. The paint becomes much thinner and it leaves a translucent finish showing some of the original finish peeking through. Hi Denise. Wow…what a gorgeous update. I never would have thought to use black gel stain to achieve the dark wood effect. Thanks for the detailed explanation of how gel stains work. Thanks, my friend! To avoid or lessen this effect you can use a wood conditioner.
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