My TOP 6 STAINS & TOPCOATS for furniture refinishing / flipping

I'm sharing and demonstrating my 6 favourite stains (3 General Finishes Gel stains and 3 Minwax penetrating stains) as well as my 6 favourite and most used topcoats & sealants! Direct comparisons on both walnut and maple.

The six topcoat finishes shown will also be featured in an upcoming video where I put them to the test; scratch test and water resistance test to be precise, so that's coming up a month from now!

Chapters:
0:00 intro
0:49 prep
2:21 penetrating stain
4:21 gel stain
6:16 topcoats
9:47 review

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PRODUCTS USED/MENTIONED

💡General Finishes Gel Stain, Nutmeg

💡General Finishes Gel Stain, Antique Walnut

💡General Finishes Gel Stain, Candelite

💡Minwax Stain- Special Walnut

💡Minwax Stain- English Chestnut

💡Minwax Stain- Dark Walnut

💡Minwax Polycrylic Satin

💡Homestead House Hemp Oil

💡Odie's Oil, Universal Oil

💡Watco Danish Oil- Natural

💡Watco Lacquer
(no link, sorry!)

💡Wise Owl Furniture Salve

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[brendatomlinson]

This is a much needed tutorial, thanks so much, Angie!

[ARE.]

I've watched this type of informative videos before, but this is probably one of the better ones. *Noting for future reference*

[vuyizwane]

You are truly the best at what you do, thank you for this tutorial.

[ninoskae]

Thank you so much for your very detailed presentation!

[loisbolton]

Really interesting video - thank you for your hard work on this informative piece. X

[suethatcher]

You are such a great teacher and I love your voice 💋❤️

[trishwilson]

Wow, what a thorough video! Much longer to film than view :) thanks very much for your hard (and reliant) work, Angie!

[juliecase]

Thanks so much Angie, this is exactly what I was wanting to learn. Appreciate the extra time you had to spend on this non flipping work :). I'm working on a maple table (yup, first project haha). Did the gel stain and it was blotchy so resanded everything and am using boiled linseed oil. Loving the look, now I can hopefully pick the right topcoat in a month :).

[CateB]

That’s exactly what I’ve been needing. Bought a stunning hall table today and am wanting to stain. I think I’m sold on the Wise Owl gel. Thank you!

[violetgypsie]

Thank you so much for doing this, it’s very helpful. Looking forward to your scratch testing.

[kathywiszowaty]

Thanks for such an informative video really love it!!!✌❤

[lestersenra]

Wow, that is so cool! I never used the gel stain before, and after watching your videos I start using them and now I can't stop. So satisfying to use and prettier finish. Thank you! As always you do a great work!!!!

[mitziekennedy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEOS 🙏❤️!!! I'm so thankful I found your channel. I love everything about your channel, your info, advice, your voice, the bunnies 🐇❤️. I'm hoping to learn enough to redo my Grandmothers two pieces 🤞 someday. They are much older an anything you have done. She was an antique dealer. I went many shows with her as a kid and I'm 48. So I'm not really sure how old the two pieces are that I have 🤔. They are very important to me. One is the dinning room table I grew up eating all my holidays meals on. It's traveled all around the country with me. The other is a very interesting piece that I have no idea what it is but it really cool looking. I think they may be early 1900s or late 1800s. Not sure. So I have lots of practicing to do before I even think of starting them. They nned work since they have moved a lot 😢. By now I think I have watched ALL your videos or close to all of them. Again LOVE THEM!! Sorry so long.

[CeciliaMM]

Thank you! Wonderful lesson on stains, topcoats and sealants! I needed this.

[sonjadoyle]

I really look forward to your tutorials. Your knowledge is beyond compare.

[barbmccarthy]

This is exactly what I was looking for. It helps to take the fear out of the staining and finishing steps. Thanks again for the time you spend on your informative posts.

[SteeleMagnolia]

Great demo! You've sold me on gel stains, wow.

[julesoyler]

WOW! Thank you so much... you are such an amazing instructor, I got so much out of this... rethinking my stain. Looks like I need to try gel.

[darlenemccarthy]

Sooo informative!!
Thanks, Angie! ❤❤

[michelerok]

Thank you. It gets overwhelming when trying to figure out which to use. I totally agree gel stains are the way to go. Great video thanks for sharing. Many blessings