"Bill" wrote in message
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I am in the process of staining a pine baseboard to match what is there.
It
is a rather dark color . This may take the rest of my life.

Is there some trick to get the stain the build up quicker? I did pre-treat
the wood .


Use a gel stain or a stain/finish combo. There's a limit to how many
pigment particles can stick to a surface (or angels and pins) unless the
pigment is in a curing vehicle.