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Author: DerbyDad03DerbyDad03 Date: Mar 5, 2008 12:37
I don't stain things very often...maybe once a year, and I have never
had any trouble before this.
I used some Minwax Wood Finish stain on a piece of pine. I let it sit,
as per the instructions, for 15 minutes and then wiped it off. I left
it to dry in a room with a heater, well over 70 degrees.
24 hours later I applied a second coat, which I left on for about 10
minutes. When I went to wipe it off, I found that it was very sticky
and hard to wipe. I got off what I could and then left it in the room,
heater on, for 3 days. I checked it daily and it was always a bit
sticky.
After 3 days I decided it was dry enough (it's just a shelf) to apply
some wipe-on poly. As I applied the poly, the rag got darker and
darker as it picked up the stain. When the first coat of poly dried
and I applied the second, there was hardly any stain on the rag.
Why was the second coat of stain so hard to wipe off and why would it
take over three days and a coat of poly to remove the stickiness from
this shelf?
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Author: randyswoodshooprandyswoodshoop Date: Mar 5, 2008 13:53
On Mar 5, 2:37Â pm, DerbyDad03 eznet.net> wrote:> I don't stain things very often...maybe once a year, and I have never
> had any trouble before this.
>
> I used some Minwax Wood Finish stain on a piece of pine. I let it sit,
> as per the instructions, for 15 minutes and then wiped it off. I left
> it to dry in a room with a heater, well over 70 degrees.
>
> 24 hours later I applied a second coat, which I left on for about 10
> minutes. When I went to wipe it off, I found that it was very sticky
> and hard to wipe. I got off what I could and then left it in the room,
> heater on, for 3 days. I checked it daily and it was always a bit
> sticky.
>
> After 3 days I decided it was dry enough (it's just a shelf) to apply
> some wipe-on poly. As I applied the poly, the rag got darker and
> darker as it picked up the stain. When the first coat of poly dried
> and I applied the second, there was hardly any stain on the rag.
>
> Why was the second coat of stain so hard to wipe off and why would it ...
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Author: whit3rdwhit3rd Date: Mar 5, 2008 14:01
On Mar 5, 12:37Â pm, DerbyDad03 eznet.net> wrote:> I don't stain things very often...maybe once a year, and I have never
> had any trouble before this.
>
> I used some Minwax Wood Finish stain on a piece of pine. I let it sit,
> as per the instructions, for 15 minutes and then wiped it off. I left
> it to dry in a room with a heater, well over 70 degrees.
>
> 24 hours later I applied a second coat, which I left on for about 10
> minutes. When I went to wipe it off, I found that it was very sticky
> and hard to wipe.
> Why was the second coat of stain so hard to wipe off and why would it
> take over three days and a coat of poly to remove the stickiness from
> this shelf?
Resin.
Pine, spruce, and some other softwoods have a sap that dissolves in
the
solvent of your stain, and the solvent + resin mixture doesn't dry
as fast as the solvent alone would.
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Author: LeonLeon Date: Mar 5, 2008 16:15
>I don't stain things very often...maybe once a year, and I have never
> had any trouble before this.
>
> I used some Minwax Wood Finish stain on a piece of pine. I let it sit,
> as per the instructions, for 15 minutes and then wiped it off. I left
> it to dry in a room with a heater, well over 70 degrees.
>
> 24 hours later I applied a second coat, which I left on for about 10
> minutes. When I went to wipe it off, I found that it was very sticky
> and hard to wipe. I got off what I could and then left it in the room,
> heater on, for 3 days. I checked it daily and it was always a bit
> sticky.
>
> After 3 days I decided it was dry enough (it's just a shelf) to apply
> some wipe-on poly. As I applied the poly, the rag got darker and
> darker as it picked up the stain. When the first coat of poly dried
> and I applied the second, there was hardly any stain on the rag.
> ...
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Author: DavidDavid Date: Mar 5, 2008 18:19
For me it usally takes at least 2 days before it is dry enough to apply a
varnish.
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Author: OtoeOtoe Date: Mar 6, 2008 08:40
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:37:02 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
eznet.net> wrote:
>I don't stain things very often...maybe once a year, and I have never
>had any trouble before this.
>
>I used some Minwax Wood Finish stain on a piece of pine. I let it sit,
>as per the instructions,...
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