hello,
its a long story, but i haven't stained anything for about twenty years. recently i wanted to, so i bought the little yellow minwax can and heaved to.
it was not what i remember by a long, long way. it took a full day to dry, it was thick and gummy compared to what i expected, and it did not soak into the wood. just sort of spread around on it. when i sanded, it almost sanded off like paint or a colored poly finish.
color looks fine, after i figured out to put it on like paint, not like stain, and the project turned out fine, but i remember a thin product that soaked into the wood, dried in a few hours, and did not sand off like paint. stain, in other words.
what gives?
carl