It takes one bad decision to learn an important lesson about wood: The wrong stain can ruin it. For me, that lesson came with the deck my dad built on our house when I was in high school. After a ...

Why spend money on wood stain when you can make it yourself with just two ingredients and put old, rusty nails to use as well ...

Tinting toners and tinting toner stains are important elements in making wood color look uniform and as bases for a variety of specialty finishes. One definition of "tone," used as a verb, is "to ...

Many people like using a semi-transparent wood stain better than a solid one—even if it might not last as long—because it allows for more of the natural wood grain to come through. (Solid stain covers ...