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Recommend finishing products to me that aren't Minwax (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Minwax has ruined enough of my projects. I'm looking for recommendations for wood finishing products, particularly stains and wiping varnishes, that actually work, are readily available on the East coast of the United States, and are not manufactured by Sherwin-Williams.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

🙄 Man if there's two species I want to stain, it's those. Like think about how abundant pine is, you can get it at any hardware store right? I live in a pine forest and I know a local sawyer. Yellow pine is abundant and cheap here...and kinda bland looking.

Guess I'll try out some gel stain, I've never used it before. Don't know anything about it.