Post #479721 by TheBigT on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 6:22 AM

Conga: thanks! Yes the grain does look kinda nice now that it's stained. I'm not usually a fan of pine grain so I had meant to cover this all up. Although I don't have quite the staining skills I might attempt to leave a little showing through now.

Queen: thanks, appreciate the comps. Just kiddin ya about your sink ya know! :)

Nomolos: thanks, the stain is MinWax Red Elm. It's a gel stain. I don't think they have the color available in the regular stains. I'm finding the gel stain wasn't quite as helpful as I thought it would be. Maybe should have used wood conditioner plus gel stain. This pic doesn't really show the color that well. I'll try to drag this thing out of the garage for some better pics.