General Finishes Water Based Wood Stain, 1 Quart, Walnut

Purchased based off brand comparison YouTube reviews and glad I did. Wonderful stain. Simple to apply (I used a foam applicator), extremely rich black finish and easy water clean up. Priced higher than most competitors, but the exceptional result of my speaker restoration project was well worth the cost.

This stain is pricey but worth it-- such a pleasure to work with. As a carpenter I've used a lot of oil based stuff through the years. This water based stain is much quicker for cleaning brushes. It also stirs quickly. The color is as rich as a traditional stain. Also easy on your nose as the smell is neutral and fume-free. Just remember it is stain only. It will need a couple finish coats to achieve a protective layer as well as sheen. The black cherry color achieves the feel of an aging ship or a colonial home with aged pine.

Great product and it helped get my furniture to the finish I was looking for. Was redoing some nightstands and wanted a lighter natural wood color. The natural wood I sanded the furniture down to was pretty light but I didn’t want that varnish to make it too dark. Once I diluted it (per the instructions) and got the application technique down it worked great. I ended up dipping a miracle cloth into the mixture and then wiping right after… that gave me the best result. I lightened it up just enough so that when I applied varnish it was the perfect shade.

If your not familiar with general finishes do some research BEFORE purchasing so you understand what your doing and how this stain works! Tips: stir, stir, stir, stir, stir, stir, stir and STIR! It comes very thick and chunky. This is normal. Do not use steel wool (small steel will get embedded and rust over time) this is a WATER based stain. Finish with a top coat. GF high performance flat is amazing. This product is thick and not like traditional stain. The color is amazing and prior to the grey stone color, very difficult to achieve. Applying will wet the wood during application and may look odd but TRUST it will dry beautiful. This color looks like it came straight out of the Homegoods Store. I used to have to use 3 stains and a spécific technique to get this color. Packaged with care. I've had issues with GF arriving exploded in the past but this seller clearly knew how to ship stain. The metal rim peices secure the lid.

I don't know exactly WHAT this stuff is but "water based" wood "stain" it surely is NOT! It's another one of those "sit on top" products which gets all gloopy and miserable to work with. I watched General Finishes' videos ad naseum to ensure I was doing everything PRECISELY accurately as I'd never used THIS particular product before but, hey, it's crazy expensive so it's gotta be good! HA! Here's a hint ... When a manufacturer posts a whole bunch of YouTube videos about their products and every single video is closed to comments it's a pretty good indicator that the comments that they get are NOT positive. 😉 Just trying to refinish a bedroom dresser I went through HALF a QUART of this, COUNTLESS bottles of stripper and ENDLESS sheets of sandpaper, probably killed a dozen and a half rags, two EXPENSIVE brushes, and more backbreaking work than it would have taken to build a new darn dresser from scratch...chopping down the oak tree for it with a rubber ax, forming the panels with a plastic spork from a deli, and putting it all together with scotch tape instead of nails, glue, and screws! Would have looked nicer too! I finally bought NEW sanders and this project wore my go to sanders (two of them) out and yet another bottle of stripper, some REAL water based wood stain and am FINALLY working toward completion. One good thing about it. It's a "sit on top" product, NOT a stain, so I didn't have to score the oak down with a lathe to get the stuff off. Beware is all I can say and I was gung ho to make this work. That was about 2 months ago when I got started.

Trust me, I am not very knowledgeable about staining and finishing wood, but this stuff really made me look good. I tried several products on the underside to see if they had that dark rich walnut color I wanted and this was the clear winner. Use it liberally and be patient, don’t try to do it all in one day. Use some good quality all cotton rags to wipe off the excess and whatever you do, don’t wait too long and let it dry! Get the excess off before it dries or you won’t like it. I put two coats on liberally and wiped as soon as I got to the other end. After a day of drying I used General finishes Satin Poly on it and the results made it look like I actually knew what I was doing. Great product. Will buy again and again. So glad they have it on Amazon because my Lowe’s and Home Depot didn’t.

It is not a gel stain. It is a water base stain

Needed to stain a wall and door therefore was after the GEL STAIN because it does not drip as easily as ordinary stain. Received a notice stating that the gel was not available and assumed I would get a refund. OH NO!! They just decided to send whatever they had on hand to get the sale hoping that I would not send it back because of the international post!!!!!!!! Well they were right!!!

I bout this item a few months ago for a project, and i kept it inside the house so it would be in a stable temperature, but when i opened it it was a solid block in a liquid. Completely useless. My first time buying this brand, i have other brands that are still good after years of opening them.

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Love this product goes on so easy, absorbs well into the wood. Nice colour. Easy clean up.