General Finishes Water Based Wood Stain, 1 Quart, Walnut

I used this product on my oak floor, which needed to be stained, because it was very badly marked up. This was my first ever floor refinishing project, so I had no prior experience to draw from, and no idea what to expect. But, I found this stain to be very easy to work with. I found it's best if you thin it with water. 3 parts stain to one part water worked very well. It just keeps it wet longer, so it doesn't dry so fast while you're working with it. I did one entire coat, and then two partial coats, which were mainly to fill in areas where I didn't get enough stain the first time. I just sat on the floor, and applied it with a sponge brush, and then wiped with a lint free rag. If you have lap marks, or you accidentally apply it too thick somewhere, it's very easy to sand off, so it's a good product for amateurs like me who goof up a lot. There was also no odor, and I was extremely happy with the result.

It’s beautiful and extremely easy to apply

I've used many General Finishes products for various furniture items as well as a project that involved refinishing my staircase and have been very impressed with the results, especially given the fact I don't know what I'm doing and learn everything from the GF videos on their website and YouTube channel. Anyway, I used the graphite wood dye for an "off-label" use - restoring the color to my photobleached landscaping boulders in my backyard. I have about 30 large boulders the size of small boulders that receive direct sunlight for most of the day and over the years have almost bleached out to a very light gray tone. I wanted to restore some of the original darker color and add some more depth to the boulders and thought the General Finishes Wood Stain in Graphite might work - and it worked brilliantly! I'm very happy with the result and delighted with this product.

Trust me, I am not very knowledgeable about staining and finishing wood, but this stuff really made me look good. I tried several products on the underside to see if they had that dark rich walnut color I wanted and this was the clear winner. Use it liberally and be patient, don’t try to do it all in one day. Use some good quality all cotton rags to wipe off the excess and whatever you do, don’t wait too long and let it dry! Get the excess off before it dries or you won’t like it. I put two coats on liberally and wiped as soon as I got to the other end. After a day of drying I used General finishes Satin Poly on it and the results made it look like I actually knew what I was doing. Great product. Will buy again and again. So glad they have it on Amazon because my Lowe’s and Home Depot didn’t.

It is water based, easy clean up. But in photo it appears to have a little mild red tint to it … it has no red woody tiny at all, but i still have liked the results. I would not recommend using this color on oak, forExample the oak pressed back chairs. It really takes up strong in the cracks and creavases of that wood and hardly at all in tbe harder wood . I really had to work witb it wiping away several times and reapplying. ( i am one of those people that dont like a real heavy “ painted”stain, i like to see some natural wood grain show through. ) worked great on maple and cherry wood. Maybe it was my technique on the oak🤷🏻‍♀️, who knows just my thoughts and experience using it. Good luck happy staining and creating

Works perfects on my wooden hearts.

This is my 3rd product to attempt to stain some oak trim. First crack was gel stain, then a water-based dye, then this, water based wood stain. The gel stain was uneven, the dye weak, this stuff? Spectacular. I did a side-by-side test and this shone immediately. Goes on quickly a quick wipe and it was brilliantly easy to apply a nice even-colored coat. Blew me away. I did short, 24" sections before wiping and found it was easy to blend. Love this stuff.

Perfect to change the look of my wood project, but it rubs of when cleaning

I bought this hoping for the darker brown pictured on the can but was extremely disappointed when it came out pitch black. As it is a water based paint I hoped I could possibly dilute it more to achieve a colour closer to what I wanted but it always came out just pure black. I was so sick of waiting to finish my kitchen that I just went with this stain and now have a "Batman Pantry" that haunts me. I will admit the colour has somewhat grown on me but I am still a bit pissed from the false advertising I was subjected to.

Love this product goes on so easy, absorbs well into the wood. Nice colour. Easy clean up.

Needed to stain a wall and door therefore was after the GEL STAIN because it does not drip as easily as ordinary stain. Received a notice stating that the gel was not available and assumed I would get a refund. OH NO!! They just decided to send whatever they had on hand to get the sale hoping that I would not send it back because of the international post!!!!!!!! Well they were right!!!

It is not a gel stain.It is a water base stain

This is neither oil-based nor a gel stain. It's a water-based stain. So at least the photo is accurate, but I was hoping for a water-based gel stain.