Biggest wood staining mistakes and misconceptions | Wood staining BASICS

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[ebesel]

One important thing that was not mentioned is that rags used for most staining projects must be disposed of properly as they are exothermic (generate their own heat) when they dry and can be a fire hazard. Placing them in a metal container with a lid or in a plastic bucket partially filled with water is safest. As a 20 year Fire Investigator, I cannot count the number of fires I have been to where staining rags were the source of ignition.

[ericaroberts]

OOH! Also - you mentioned that you avoid mixing water and oil-based products. I'm a professional (fine art) oil painter. You can always apply oils on top of water-based mediums but never water-based over oil-based. In oil painting, it's called the "fat over lean" rule and you follow it in order to avoid texture problems like cracking/clumps that result from the bottom layer curing more slowly than the top layer dries. I'm probably explaining things you already know but I always want to enable cool people to do cool things! ~Thanks for the best channel on YouTube!!

[jovo]

I had no idea or direction for what I wanted to do with my life as a young man. I discovered Steve Ramsey on youtube years ago and tried my hand making some furniture. His videos introduced me to all the power tools I needed and explained how to safely use them. 7 years on I am now a ticketed carpenter with a small cabinet making business. THANK YOU STEVE

[HouseholdDog]

When you have oak tastes but a pine budget. Stain is the answer.

[kensmith]

Steve I'd just like to thank you. I stumbled on your videos about 5 years ago. As someone who has always wanted a shop and was always interested in woodworking you made it seem so doable. I picked up a few inexpensive tools and just started messing around making boxes and what not. I now have a shop full of tools and I cherish every moment I get to spend out there. So much of my current happiness has come from those first few videos of yours. You've literally changed my life. Thank you!

[johngaltline]

I usually clean projects with mineral spirts before staining, and this has the same effect as using a pre conditioner, filling the most absorbent fibers, as well as removing dust quite well.

[ratdog]

I took a bunch of small scraps of pine, beech and oak and made samples of all the stains I keep in stock. Much easier to show a person (or yourself) how the finish will look. Get a new stain? Make a sample of it.

[ericaroberts]

The "with" and "without wood conditioner" pics blew my mind. I feel like I can finally try staining/ natural finishes now! -Thanks Steve! :)

[Cheticus]

I'm new to woodworking. I came back from staining something downstairs. Figured I was done. I saw this and instantly clicked it. I watched the video, grabbed an old tee shirt rag and wiped down what I stained. Thanks Steve. You're the man.

[Sflynlow]

Seeing the way that Cherry darkened over time. WOW!

[MaydaysCustomWoodworks]

Steve, I love your channel man. I'm a pro woodworker and i wish i would have learned your message so much earlier. Expensive tools are not required to make beautiful products. Expensive tools can make the process faster IF you are properly experience with them, but they are not required at all. So often when i was younger I would fail at a part of my woodworking and I thought it was because i didnt have the right tools like i saw Marc Spagnuolo have. It had nothing to do with it. I simply didnt know my tools and my materials enough.

Wood working is for people of all budgets and minds. One of my prized woodworking posessions is a hand carved sparrow. I bought it from a homeless man who carved it from used sandpaper, a used utility knife, and a broken fork. The bird is beautiful. I couldnt make it with all my tools.... He found an abandoned lot with a broken fence and used the cedar from the fence to make the bird. He used copper wiring for the feet. His tools and wiring were scavenged from the dumpster of a cabinet shop.

[aesthetic_koala]

Why am I watching this at 6 in the morning. I don’t even have anything to stain 💀

[nscr]

Now a blur cam! The production value just keeps going up and up! Great job Steve

[azashukri]

Hey Steve, as a long time subscriber, I would like to thank you for all the great videos you’ve done over the years, they are truely inspirational and always a joy to watch.

[Stefano]

Steve is right: The pre-stain conditioner really does help a lot when staining pine. It is easy to use, and it eliminates much of that blotchiness. But there are both water-based and oil-based versions of this product, so you need to get the appropriate one for the stain you are using. And as for the Basic Mobile Workbench, I built one and it is great. I already had a decent workbench bolted against one wall of my garage. But I find myself using the BMW workbench more and more.

[fredbradshaw]

Everybody, if u have problems with materials accepting stain or finish, u can pop the grain as we carpenters say. A damp rag, not too wet used to coat the surface. Let dry, and then apply stain or whatever ur using for coating. This process opens up the grain of the material. Sanding closes the grain. If u r only applying clear coat, oil or water based polyurethane, u do not want to pop the grain, just sand it.

[vickyiannucci]

As someone just getting into woodworking I find your videos easy to understand & SOOO informative. Thank you!!!

[aceventura]

Seriously, im so grateful for your channel ! The time and effort your taking just to teach us newbies, people like you are why a craft carries on
Great video
Short and sweet but very clean and informative and not confusing
Right on brother !

[kcmabel]

I’ve watched so many videos of people just not going to the pony, trying to sell you things, by far the best video I’ve seen. To the point, clear, full of knowledge. Thank you sir

[kenpryor]

I stained all my kitchen cabinets when i bought my house with oil stain then put 8 coats of water based polyurethane on and wet sanded them and buffed them they are smooth as glass been that way for 5 yrs now still lookin good