Quart Golden Oak Stain

Always a reliable color. Very versatile

I used this on a picnic table that folds into a bench made of common treated pine boards. The boards were very rough considering. I sanded the worst by hand with 80 grit, then with a sander, 120 grit, and lightly finished with 180 grit. The stain went on immediately after. I used Minwax 70001444 Wood Finish, Golden Oak Stain, 1 Quart. The stain dried very quickly outdoors, on a breezy warm night. In less than 24 hours, without sanding, I coated it once with Polyurethane, and then went right back and double coated the top of the boards on the seats and table top. I used Minwax Fast Drying Polyurethane Protective Wood Finish, Warm Satin, 1 Quart. Both products dried quickly, worked marvelously, and looks as you can see.

Top notch stain at a good price. Very easy to apply and generally one coat covered most of the wood projects we were involved with. A fine product at a good price.

Minwax is my go to product for staining. I have used this for years. It always looks great and I was happy to find it in Amazon.

A very good stain. Looks great on about any wood project. I’ve used almost all of it and am ready to re-order. One thing I didn’t like is that it was delivered with the outer label just soaked with the stain. It wasn’t leaking so I assume it was a factory leak as it was labeled. Didn’t affect the quality of the product but made it difficult to read small writing on the label.

I bought a quart of this stain in "golden oak" to use for some dining room chairs that came as raw pine. (This happens to be exactly the color I wanted, but if you're buying online, I suppose you'll have to guess a little.) I applied the Minwax conditioner underneath as recommended for this type of wood, put on about two coats of this stain, and then applied a few coats of [[B000VZLF58:Minwax Fast Drying Polyurethane Protective Wood Finish]] on top, all as recommended by the directions on this product. Staining was definitely the easiest part of the whole project. I wore nitrile gloves and settled on using a blue shop towel to apply (and a new one to wipe off later) -- probably a choice some people will give me funny looks for, but it worked! I also tried a brush (hard to get enough stain on it, though good for getting into corners) and rag (probably what most people would use, but I didn't really have a good supply, hence the shop towel). Letting everything dry outside is definitely best if you can due to the fumes, to say nothing of the possible mess. While the polyurethane is still curing (though dry to the touch), overall, I think the project turned out great -- and wanting to stain is what set this whole project in motion to start with.

I have used this stain a number of time in the past and like the color. I ordered some polyurethane so figured instead of driving to the store I would order it here. Came the next day so that was a good decision. Only thing I did not like was how Amazon packaged it. One bubble and nothing to protect it should it get dropped. But it did come in great condition, would always recommend opening this type of product in a safe location just to be safe.

I've had great results with Minwax. The golden oak looks great.