This week’s question from from Ron in Chicago who writes: I have a table top that I stained with oil based stain and I want to use Endro Precat Lacquer but the directions say that I have to use a pre-cat sealer. Can I use a 1LB cut shellac as a seal coat or do [...]

This week’s question comes from Robert. He writes: When staining soft maple Kitchen doors and drawers from a millworks shop the painter applied a special walnut stain directly to the raw wood. The stain did not take well on wood milled with the grain, and on cross cuts the stain soaked into the wood giving [...]

Maple has a tendency to blotch when stained, so you need to take a few precautions.