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Wood Stain Not Drying. The cold weather outside where i was curing them did not help haha. Usually, this should take about 5 minutes.
Usually, this should take about 5 minutes. The two biggest reasons for stain not drying is: Ensure not to leave existing stain coating on the wood.
If you are having an issue with stain not drying it is usually going to be an oil stain or oils stain/dye stain combo. The cold weather outside where i was curing them did not help haha. The stain turned out ok.
If that gel stain isn’t drying, then turn up the heat (and the dehumidifier). This will take less than 2 hours. To go to the next step, you need to make sure the wood stain is 100% cured.
Otherwise, the uncured stain will cause lots of trouble and damage the wood as well. If that gel stain is drying unevenly, (and is only tacky in spots), then there may be some contaminant in the wood underneath. When you have removed the excess stain, let the wood dry.
In which case, remove gel stain using mineral spirits or. Soak the rag in mineral spirits and apply it over the areas that have too much stain. Usually a polyurethane varnish as the finish.
It is not uncommon to get an oil based stain that has the color adjusted with dye.
