On Dec 9, 2:10*pm, "SonomaProducts.com" wrote:
I want to know what you prefer, and
what brought you to that company.

Do you switch around too?

First I will say, for some reason many people hate Minwax. I think it
is the Microsoft effect where big companies are somehow evil.


When using most low viscosity penetrating stains and dyes, you have to
have some clue. Minwax also has a reputation of showing up improper
application methods. For those who can't handle fast stains there are
the jellied cheater slops. I also use those.
It depends on the depth of the colour, the porosity of the wood, hell,
even ambient temperature will make me chose one stain over another.
Sometimes I want to even out a wood colour to homogenize 'The Look' of
a project, sometimes I want to set off a contrast. I have been known
to stain oak with either a jacobean or ebony penetrating stain... let
it soak after a surface wipe with mineral spirits and then to sand off
the high spots and leave the grain very dark. Whatever works.
But having said that... 75%+ jobs are usually finished with NGR.