dust free. Just
wiping the wood
offwitharag
won’t remove all
the dust in the
pores. Here are
some of the best
ways to remove
dust from your
wood. You can
buy a tack cloth
which is a very
sticky cloth that
you wipe over the wood to remove dust. These can be found just about
anywhere paint is sold. You can wipe the parts down with a rag that has
mineral spirits on it and then allow the parts to dry or you can use my
favorite, a vacuum cleaner. Using a brush on the end sweeps the dust
out of the pores and the vacuum sucks the dust away. It’s quick and
does a great job.
Choosing the Stain
The type stain that was used on this project was an “Early American” gel
stain. We choose a gel stain because it’s less messy and gel stains
actually stain more evenly on pine than the “watery” stains do. By
“evenly”, I mean the color
that it stains the wood is the
same all over. With regular
stainitgetsdeepintothe
pores and will give pine a
“blotchy” appearance where
there are spots of darker
colors mixed in with lighter
colors.
The first thing you will want
todobeforeyoucommitthe
pieces of your project to