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staining a chair

Vetch · 2018-01-06 09:54:51

Hi all, I have sanded and stained an old chair over Christmas. New to this - I have one coat of stain on (Johnstone's). I'm happy with the colour coverage but do I need to give it a second coat of stain to give it a bit of endurance? It's an upholstered wing back armchair so it's just the arms and legs but I'm thinking the…

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06-01-2018 10:54am

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Vetch

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Hi all, I have sanded and stained an old chair over Christmas. New to this - I have one coat of stain on (Johnstone's). I'm happy with the colour coverage but do I need to give it a second coat of stain to give it a bit of endurance? It's an upholstered wing back armchair so it's just the arms and legs but I'm thinking the more coats of stain I put on the more likely I am to mess it up! I do intend to varnish it as well.

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#2 06-01-2018 3:43pm
Prenderb

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Colour is the colour, more stain will make it darker, so it's up to you. Need to choose the lacquer or varnish with properties to prevent fade for you!

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