I’ll tell you one stain I hate using is gel stain.
Interesting. Why do you hate it? I don't use stain much, but the general consensus is that gel is more user-friendly.
One I didn't care for was the GF water based stain. I used it to match the color of an unfinished door to the cabinets that were in the room. It dries so fast that I had lap marks that were really visible. I wound up using a grout sponge wrung almost dry to even it out. It worked, but what a pain.
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