"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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Guys and gal, go easy on me...

_I_ know how to finish wood. G _Re_finishing is an entirely
different ball game.

I have a pal who did his oak stairs with Minwax water based poly. It's
ugly, the wood is simply dead looking. Can we go over it with oil
based poly to add some ambering, possibly with Seal Coat in between?

The ambering from oil products is from it penetrating the pores. Hopefully
the water based poly has sealed them.
All you can do now is try a glaze, but it won't be the same.
Hopefully your friend will learn to test a finish first.

"Toller" wrote in message
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The ambering from oil products is from it penetrating the pores.

Umm, are you suyre about that? I see amber when I look into the can of an
oil based varnish.

I believe the ambering is caused by the actual product.

"Leon" wrote in message
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"Toller" wrote in message
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The ambering from oil products is from it penetrating the pores.

Umm, are you suyre about that? I see amber when I look into the can of an
oil based varnish.

I believe the ambering is caused by the actual product.
If you put colorless mineral spirits on wood it will amber. Actual product?

"Toller" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message
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"Toller" wrote in message
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The ambering from oil products is from it penetrating the pores.

Umm, are you suyre about that? I see amber when I look into the can of
an oil based varnish.

I believe the ambering is caused by the actual product.
If you put colorless mineral spirits on wood it will amber. Actual
product?

Yes mineral spirits are an oil based product. The more refined, the less
amber you will see.
Keep in mind also that brown woods will become more so with any clear liquid
including water. Oil based will tend to make it amber more so.