Two Easy Parts & Steps To Put Stain Over Wood Stain
Wood Stain is a type of paint that is commonly used to color the wood items. If you want to put stain over wood stain yourself and you don't know how to do it, then we are here to help you. You simply need to go through the two parts mentioned below and follow all the steps carefully:
Part 1: Preparing The Wood
- Firstly, remove the drawers, doors, as well as hardware if possible. Taking apart the piece can make it simple to get an even color because you will be able to lay each component to stain it.
- Now you need to protect your working area. The stain is specially designed to be permanent, be sure to cover your working area by using a newspaper, cloth, tarp or old towels.
- Safety first, wear latex or rubber gloves in order to protect your hands. Stain can be difficult to get off from your skin. Wear thin gloves in order to make clean-up easy without affecting the coordination.
- Now you need to remove the extant stain if you stain from dark color to a lighter color. Most of the stains are made to allow the natural grain of your wood to show through. Because of this reason, you can't get a lighter color by simply applying light stains over the dark stain. If you want to lighten your wood you are working with then first you have to strip it.
- Leave the initial stain in place, if you are going to stain your wood piece a darker color. If you are going from a mild stain to a dark stain then you don't have to strip away your extant first. Nonetheless, keep in your mind that the extant stain may alter your color of the finished product.
- After following all the previous steps, now you need to sand the surface of your selected wooden piece lightly with sandpaper(fine-grit) but don't sand too much, just sand enough to rough up the surface of your wood. 200-grit sandpaper is best for prepping the project.
Part 2: Staining The Wood
- You can choose from gel stain, water-based stains or glaze to get a darker finish. These types of stains will give you a darker color. Nonetheless, the stains obscure the grain of your wood if you choose a very dark shade.
- You can also choose from oil stains if you want a more subtle change. Oil-based stains tend to have a translucent finish. So this will be a good choice if you want to perpetuate as much of the original wood grain.
- Now you need to apply a thick coat of your selected stain by using a cloth or a foam brush will also help to minimize the brush strokes which get shown up in the stain. You will also be able to accomplish the thinner coats, which will allow your stain to absorb easily into your wood.
- After applying your selected stain, then wipe off any extra stain by using the pads. This may take a few passes with them to get a uniform coat of your stain. Look at your wood from different angles to be sure that you don't leave any streaks or uneven color on your wood.
- Now let the applied stain cure for at least 18-24 hours. If the stains are not dry wholly, then you won't get a smooth coat when you apply any sealer on your wood.
- Apply another coat of your stain if required. Multiple coats of your stain can start to obscure the grain of the wood piece. But the 2nd coat will help you get a darker color. Let the first coat dry wholly before you decide, though, because the color of your wood can change as the stain dries.
- Now you need to apply an oil-based or water-based sealer in order to get a glossy finish. A topcoat will easily lock the applied stain & will give a nice and glossy finish to your wooden piece. Apply the sealer in the same manner as you do while applying the stain on your wooden item when the first coat is dry wholly.
- Spray the toner( made of dye) over the applied stain if you want to adjust the color. A toner dye will give a thin wash of color that will stay on your wooden piece.
- Adjust the color by using the glaze if you don't like to use a spray. The glaze(pigmented) can be hard to brush out equally & the glaze tends to leave some brush strokes but the glaze is another option if you don't want to use a spray toner.