Hi Tim,
The piece of wood gets darker with each coat of poly with stain mixed in.
This can be a problem in keeping all the pieces of a job the same colour.
One advantage however, is that for woods that tend to blotch (adsorb stain
unevenly) the premixed can do a decent job.
However, if there are any stores that service the trade / commercial
outlets, they generally sell better quality stains. ( Not Minwax). Or go on
line and buy a good waterbased product like Fuhr 105 or 155 if you want to
spray it.

Cheers, JG
"TimR" wrote in message
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Can someone describe the basic pros/cons between minwax regular wood stain
and then applying polyurethane...stain with polyurethane included
(poly...and the new water based minwax stains ? I'll be staining some
wood
veneer and also casing/baseboard moldings.

Thanks TR