Furniture Refinishing

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Have any of you ever used gel stain? How'd you like it?

I've used it and like the regular stain better because you have more control with it. The stain/varnish combo sucks too.

Never, ever use poly stain. Not only are the results horrid (or so I've heard), I got desperate and tried it on a piece and it didn't even adhere. It "claims" that you can use it on mildly prepped wood...lies. It has horrid reviews

Gel stains...I definitely prefer them if I'm working on anything vertical (as opposed to turning the piece this way and that).

I bought Fusion paint recently. Like chalk paint, it purportedly doesn't require much prep work. I don't know why I decided to use it...something different to try? Plus it's for an entry way table that I could really give two fucks about but I only bought it 6 months ago so I can't very well donate it yet. I guess I could make such a mess of it that it would HAVE to be scrapped. Hmmmm.

I built a ramp for my do to get out our back slider and down two stairs (which is really stupid when she has to go down 14 wood stairs when we let her upstairs at night/return in the morning). But I have an idea about that too. I BUILT the ramp though. I will post a pic. My parents would be so proud.