Understated Desk – Finishing

Getting close now… a coat of Minwax water-based wood conditioner on all surfaces.  This will help eliminate the blotching that can happen with pine.  It also prevents the stain from soaking into end-grain, which causes it to be darker.  Great product, just used a latex paint brush to apply and water cleanup.

The stain is also a water-based Minwax product, and now they are custom mixed at the paint counter.  The selected color is Terracotta:

Applied this stain with the same latex paint brush, and used paper towels to remove the excess.  I’ve been using Minwax water based products for years and have not been disappointed with the results.

 

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