Post #493236 by TheBigT on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 9:10 AM

Beachbumz - that looks good. I just did one in pine this summer. Look at my thread and u can see the progress from my first coat of stain. Once u get a finish on it, it won't look like that brown paint anymore.

If you haven't gone any further than the pic you posted, you can sand down what you have stained so far and then thin your stain with mineral spirits and retry. It will come out lighter. Then you can build to a deeper finish if you want.

Good luck - it's lookin great.