Pine Staining

The process of staining pine assumes significance if you are considering painting your furniture. Most of the furniture available today is made from pinewood. It is used for all types of furniture such as bed coats, dressers, tables and chairs. The main advantage of pinewood furniture is that it blends well with the other furniture materials. It is also very easy to paint it to give the kind of look you desire. For a summary of choosing pinewood as the choice furniture material visit answers.yahoo.com. Owing to its advantages and the finish, pinewood is considered to be more elegant than any other type of wood. Read more about it at furnitureprovider.com.

The first step in staining is, of course, choosing the type of stain you want. Pine stains basically come as either water-based or as oil-based. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Water based stains are better if you are looking for faster drying, less odor and easy maintainability. These qualities are not surprising because the solvent used is water. home.tips.net lists out all the important points regarding water based stains. More importantly, water based stains cause lesser environmental damage than oil based stains. Oil based stains on the other hand take longer time to dry out, have strong odor and cause grave environmental concerns. To decide which type of stain to use, you can take tips from www.ehow.com.

Choose a time that will give enough room for the stain to dry out, as this is very important in the case of pine staining. answers.yahoo.com discusses the importance of choosing the time. Pine wood staining is something that must be done very carefully to get the best results. For this, apply a very light coat first and then keep repeating it till you achieve the desired depth. Visit sankey.ws to read more about it. This gives adequate control on the color. Once staining is done and it is dried, it may be necessary to do some post stain treatment using steel wool or fine-grit sandpaper. This process will remove any unevenness in the application of stain.

Once the wood piece is smoothened, it must be sealed to prevent bleeding. There are many materials you can use as sealers such as thinned shellac, sanding sealer etc. Sealing must be done with a clean brush and along the grain of wood to ensure that all surfaces are evenly covered. If you do not do sealing properly, it can result in ‘bleeding’ as described here thewoodbox.com. Special care must be taken to see that the end grains are properly sealed because if it is not, then end grains will absorb more stains than the rest. If you are inclined to the scientific basis of sealing you can visit freepatentsonline.com.

Once the sealing is completely done, it is time to apply the stain on the wood piece. Needless to say, it must be done with a clean brush or sponge. Otherwise, it will undo the effects of sealing. As discussed earlier, it is important to choose the proper time for staining such that the coat of stain will have adequate time to dry completely. Once the dried completely, inspect the piece to see whether the stain has been applied uniformly. If necessary, apply repeated coatings of the stain to achieve the desired color and uniformity. For a good description of the entire process, please visit woodweb.com.