General Finishes Water Based Wood Stain, 1 Quart, Walnut

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.

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.

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.

High quality stuff, even finish

The stain was darker than expected. Stain was water base easy to cleanup.

I used this stain on my new mantle, built by my husband. I wanted something dark in color that would also provide for color variance so as not to look too perfect or uniform (We were going for the rustic, re-purposed beam look). I applied to the wood using a rag and was immediately happy with the results! As opposed to other stains where multiple coats are needed, we only had to do 1 coat. If you wanted a very dark and uniform color throughout, two coats should do the trick. Since this stain is water based, I then took a damp rag and ran it over some places on the mantle. This thinned the stain and provided the most perfect (and purposely in-perfect!) color variation. My husband and I do a lot of DIY projects, and thus try out many products along the way. I can confidently say this is one of the easiest stains we have ever used. It allowed us to really be in control, which is something I certainly look for in a product like this. The stain itself comes out matte, so if you're looking for a finish with some sheen, you would want to purchase a topcoat of sorts. Additionally, we used hardly ANY product! We have more than enough left over to stain the ceiling beams we're building to match....and then some. A little of this stuff seriously goes a long way.

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.

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.