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   jackplane | Apr 13, 2004 06:49pm | #1

   The second coat will take a lot longer to dry as the wood reaches a saturation point where no more stain will absorb. Assuming it's a penetrating oil stain, you can either  wipe off the excess with thinner and stain a darker shade, or apply a polyurethane topcoat as this will darken it with a shade of orange.

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   tommy2 | Apr 13, 2004 07:28pm | #2

   thank you thats just what i did removed the excess with thinner and going to restain with new stain in 48 hrs

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   Paul_Snyder | Apr 14, 2004 12:49am | #3

   If you're using an oil-base stain like Minwax, you need to allow extra time for each coat of stain to cure before adding another coat(s). Many of the consumer brands of stain contain quite a bit of linseed oil and that's why they dry so slow and have to be cured before adding another coat of stain. Applying a coat of stain over a previous coat that wasn't cured can cause the second coat to stay tacky for a long time; sometimes it won't ever cure.

   To speed the drying/cure time of oil-base stain (like Minwax), add up to one ounce of japan drier per quart of tsin before using. This will make the stain dry overnight.

   Paul

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   tommy2 | Apr 14, 2004 01:03am | #4

   i believe that was one of my mistakes appling sec. coat to fast and also the stain was a little older than i thought. thank you for your response

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   Dave45 | Apr 21, 2004 03:01am | #5

   Any chance that the stain was a low VOC (Volitile Organic Compound) stain?  I had some low VOC Minwax a few years ago that took for-freaking-ever to dry.

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   tommy2 | Apr 22, 2004 12:12am | #6

   sorry it took so long to get back. not sure what the old stain was cause that can is still flying through the air. cleaned the steps with thinner, restained and poly at the end. 2 weeks later its done finally. almost lost my shirt on that one. they want me to do more work will make it up i hope.