Today I tried something I hadn't tried before: thinning oil-based poly with paint thinner to make a wipe-on poly. Somewhere I read that the first application should be a 50/50 mix. I actually tried 60/40 poly/thinner. When I wiped it on, a noticed a significant amount of the stain was coming off as well. Not enough to be real noticeable, but the project has 2 types of wood: cherry-stained pecan, and also some birds-eye maple that I wanted unstained. Luckily, I found the problem before I ran the poly (now cherry-colored poly) over the maple. Is it supposed to remove the stain as well? BTW, it is oil-based stain.
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