can I just rant for a few, I like working with popular it, it's cheep enough that I'm not paniced if I mess up, and by and large it's a very attractive wood, but THE BLOCHING! I did two coats of minwax stain conditioner, let one dry over night, then put another on an hour before I stained and it still blotched!
ok now I'm done it's ok, I'll be fine