Swingman wrote:
> "Dr. Deb" wrote in message
>
>>I am getting ready to stain a large project and just realized I may well
>
> not
>
>>have enough Minwax wood treatment to pretreat all the pine on the
project.
>>It being 30 miles into town and remembering reading somewhere that you
>>could mix your own, does anyone have the mixing instructions/recipe?
>
>
> IME, it's hit or miss with a pre-treatment when _attempting_ to stain
pine.
> The old standby "pre-coat" on pine was a brushed on, 1# cut of shellac,
but
> good luck with that as it still may not prevent blotches, depending upon
the
> amount of old/new wood on the board.
>
> The absolute best chance of success when using a stain on pine is to go
with
> a Gel stain ... bar none.
>
OK, What's a gell stain?
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