Corelz125

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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