How to Stain Wood [5] Things that you should NEVER do 

Thank you these are great tips! I’m new to staining and have made almost all of those mistakes 😊

Here's one that I just did. Don't stain things directly over your coffee. The oils may look like abstract art and a masterpiece but now you need to clean your cup and waste your tasty cup of hot coffee. 😥

love a good tip! I've been sanding to too high a grit. thanks Jason!

Thanks for this Jason! I was only searching for, “can you use a tack cloth before staining? You didn’t mention that on this video, everything you mentioned, I’m already doing, EXCEPT for, I’ve sanded this table I’m refinishing with 120 grit, then I went to 220, then 320, then 400! Then between coats I was using 1000!!! And you’re right on the $$, the stain worked, but it had a hard time soaking through! My thought was, when I run my hand over it I want it to be smooth as silk, but I thank you for the valuable lesson! ✊🏼

Thanks for the tips Jason!💥👊🏻

You pointed ALL the staining problems i caused in the past. Thanks so much for these insights.

Thank you these are great tips!!! About to stain my wooden door tomorrow I am super excited it took me almost a week to get the paint off the door 🤦🏼‍♀️ getting there!

Thanks man. I was wondering why my Poplar table wasnt taking stain well, pretty sure it's because I had sanded smooth as hell (600). Glad I watched you vid. I'll hit it with 150 and try it again.

SOB , found something i need , grit & full length strokes . Ty . Assembled staining tips is what i cant find , corners , edge drip, brush marks , cloth only or not . looking at your other stuff now .

Great advice Jason. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks man, I've been standing my guitar for the past week lol I keep messing up and I'll start over and one thing I didn't think about was the sandpaper because I have a spot where I dug too deep so I figure I would polish it out with some 200 grit sandpaper but the only thing that happened was now in that one spot the stain will not take so I got a beautiful black stained guitar with one spot right below the sound hole that looks different. After the fourth time of redoing it I just said hell with it and sand in my neck here and there to make it look vintage cuz to be honest with you I'm not saying this guitar again I don't know that I have much wood left to sand lol but I will know what I'm doing next time

This is helpful, thank you.

I also use a pre stain wood conditioner. It also comes out perfect...especially on soft wood.

Thanks for your tips. Very helpful.

THank you Jason. This helps a lot

💕 love, love your common sense tips. Really impressed me enough to become subscriber 👍🏼

Great tips. Thanks for sharing!

Great tips

You do not have to wipe off the stain if ragged on properly. A good sand, and a good pushing of the rag. Polish in the stain.

Great tips!!!

Thank you❤.

Hi Jason, I just watched your video. I am wanting to sand and stain my bookshelf. What sand paper should I start out with and then end with? It it already stained but I want it darker.

If you had spots what would you do to remove them?

Good tips, thanks. Most say to use 220 grit- is that too high? I want to use COFFEE as stain- non-toxic, then cover with shellac. French polish- thoughts? I'm a newbie. the 3 sq. foot piece of maple will serve as one side of a DIY shoe cabinet in our kitchen. It will be near our dogs food bowls so it must be as non-toxic as possible.

Hi I striped my kitchen chairs. I then stained the seats with water based stain . I brushed the stain on , then wiped off. I keep getting what looks like water spots. I keep wiping it off and it comes back . Hepl

Can I use a roller and then use a brush...

I work making Grammys and i just put your 2 names on one.

Hello and thank you for the great information. Dumb question, i just picked up a small vanity that have 6 Very small holes on top that i put Bondo on to fill. I want to stain the top a dark walnut. Am i able to do that with out the Bondo showing through? Thank you.

So, I didn't wipe my stain and is kind of looks bubbly, smooth but looks below par. Do I have to start again for perfect finish??

Ok my problem is I’m about to stain my 10” wide table that’s 11 feet long. I’ve been delaying it bc I don’t want to mess it up :-( Any advice?

We did not wipe the stain after a few minutes, now it’s sticky and cloudy… any suggestions what we should do now?

sidenote: what is the name of that color that is blueish in color? during the part about not doing small sections?

Yupp it's easy to stain full side to side. But how to do if we were supposed to stain a furniture. We can't simple do like that

? What lint free rags do you use? Thanks!

My stain would always end up sticky. Now I know why. I never wiped it off. What kind of rag should I use to wipe it off nextime?

Hi, am getting red cedar wood fence panels in my back yard, do you think it needs to be sanded, before I apply the oil. I mean it is required for brand new installation as there is no wear or outdoor exposure yet. Any advice appreciated.

Hey Jason, I applied a gel stain with a brush and I made the mistake of not wiping off the stain and now the stain is darker than intended and has that sticky residue. What should I do to lighten it a bit and remove the sticky residue?

I have some leftover stain with a little linseed oil mixed into it. For the moment, I just kept the leftover in a plastic container with a lid on top (the contain I used to mix and apply with). Is this ok? Not sure what other container to keep this leftover in, as I don't want to pour it back into my original stain can without contaminating it. And I don't have any extra tin can to use.

I’m staining a whole exterior wood siding . Siding it’s painted brown. Would I have to sand the whole house before I stain? Or can I apply stain on top

Thx 👍🏻

Have you ever used briwax?

Was that nubie speech ? Yes !! . My quest has begun .

Thanks for the tips!!!! They are what I just need for my school project! By the way, what is the mat you use on table when sanding the wood? Any hint where I could get it ?

I did not know how to sand prior to staining....I sanded my oak table top nice ad smooth with 400 grit!!! My stain is pooling in spots on the table....help!!! What do I do now!?!?!?

Good tips! Do you ever use conditioner before staining?

I found a couple of light weird spots after I applied the stain how can I fix this , can't find the answer. This was a raw pine door and I did use a Preston on it first. Please help

Hii do I use wood filler before or after I stain?

I did mistake #1 on my dining room table 😩 How do I fix it?

How to solve the sticky stain floor?

Did you use conditioner before staining

How do you clean the brush after you paint a stain on the wood?

1:01 hey guess what. I did just that 😂 now I need to know how to get rid of that smell and I also put polyurethane on it 🙃

I kind of disagree, and what I mean is you don’t need to always go through the same process of wiping off the stain on some stains, especially if you’re brushing it or spraying it. Although some stains may require it. It just depends on your preference.

Link for stain was not there ??

WOW another expert

Doesn’t using and orbital sander leave circular sand marks on the wood? I was always taught to sand in the direction wood grain. Anyone?

Staining aficionado. Also didn't toy steal the chipmunks or something?

I absolutely had to like this video. Good video with good content but I really had to like this video so it didn't have 666 likes anymore. Your video is officially no longer EVIL.

just the tip lolz thats sounds familiar for some strange reason!

Omg why didn’t I watch this before😭😭 I am so miserable right now.

At first I thought he was gonna dip his nasty screwed up hands in my mashed potatoes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I did this and left the stain on rip

Fail #6 - he forgot to wear a respirator. Stains have lots of VOCs. Even outside, you should wear one.

Quickly, i white washed a 300 sq ft room And i need to know when to remove the excess stain Answer back immediately! I’m making a sandwich

holy shit

Tip 6: don’t stain without a mask. This guy was probably high as kite filming this.

Darn it, I wasted my time sanding a table on the finest grit... I knew I shouldn't have listened to my husband, mama boys suck at men projects >:[ My gut told me no and I ignored it

Number one thing to never do, put stain on wood