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If I put a oil based satin on raw wood and after it has dried put a oil based coat poly over it will it mess up the stain finish. I think I read somewhere that the poly might soften the stain because both are are oil based. Jim |
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:39:18 -0500, wrote:
If I put a oil based satin on raw wood and after it has dried put a oil based coat poly over it will it mess up the stain finish. I think I read somewhere that the poly might soften the stain because both are are oil based. Jim So my wife was correct. Thanks guys. Jim |
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wrote in message ... If I put a oil based satin on raw wood and after it has dried put a oil based coat poly over it will it mess up the stain finish. I think I read somewhere that the poly might soften the stain because both are are oil based. Jim Only thing is to let the stain outgas for the required 24 hrs stated on the label. If you do not, it can cause the poly to never set up hard. -- Jim in NC --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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Jim,
If I put a oil based satin on raw wood and after it has dried put a oil based coat poly over it will it mess up the stain finish. I think I read somewhere that the poly might soften the stain because both are are oil based. It kind of depends on the type of stain you use. Penetrating oil stains soak into the wood, so the poly top coat usually doesn't affect them. Unfortunately, penetrating stains have a tendency to be blotchy on softwoods. Applying preconditioner before the stain helps a lot, but doesn't eliminate the blotchy appearance. Gel stains don't soak into the wood as much, so they tend to be a lot less blotchy on softwoods. However, since the gel stain sits on top of the wood, brushing on oil based poly can soften the stain a little. As long as you brush with grain, and don't repeatedly brush the same area it's not usually a problem. But, it does happen a little bit. Thankfully, only the first coat of poly affects the stain that way. You could probably avoid the problem by spraying the first coat of poly, but I've never taken that approach. Even though brushing on the poly does tend to pick up a bit of the gel stain, it rarely shows up in the finished project. For what it's worth, I recently applied water based Minwax poly over the oil based General Finishes gel stain. The water based poly did not pick up the stain the way the oil based poly did. I was concerned about putting the water based finish over an oil based stain, but I've done two projects that way now with no issues. Anthony Watson www.mountainsoftware.com www.watsondiy.com |
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