Minwax 404140000 Wash Transparent Layering Color, Barnwood Brown, 171 Ounce

Good amount for price

Liked the way this turned out

I really like this color, it's a mello natural brown. These photos are of my project. It's stained dark walnut and color washed barnwood brown. I'm really happy with this color.

I bought this for my dresser re-do. I was out of Behr Pickling Stain but, should have purchased that instead. I felt like this was too thick for what I used it for. I added water and it helped a bit. I just really prefer the pickling stain and wouldn't purchase this again.

Refinishing, Pickling the Kitchen Cabinets. Solid White Oak Cabinets needed some TLC, White Pickling was our first choice, but that means a lot of stripping, scraping the varnish, repairing, patching, and sanding. Minwax is and always been my goto product, for premixed formula.The instructions on the label did not work for my refinishing, but I did finally get the results I was looking for.Use good quality pro brushes and keep them clean and dip the brush no farther than 1/4 inch into the Minwax.In my final technique, Fig 1. After sanding, lightly damping the surface and now the surface is ready to be stained. Fig 2. applied stain evenly with the grain let dry about 60 seconds. Fig 3. Strike off with light stain water mix to give a good cover. Fig 4. Allow to dry for at least 1 hour for the stain to draw into the wood. Fig 5. Brushed on last coat with the grain allowed to dry overnight.For the topcoat I applied 1 coats of Clear Polycrylic allow drying 4 hours then 200 grit sandpaper and apply second coat, allow to dry 4 hours. I applied a total 3 coats of Polycrylic.

Product is good, BUT craftsperson must be really good. Tried using but applied to too large an area. We couldn’t blend it properly before it dried. We ended up not using this.Again, product is good but was more advanced than our skills.

The media could not be loaded. This water-based whitewashed paint blended so easily over a set of distressed streaky old furniture. I only needed one coat and did not have to paint the sides only blended over knots and old brown streaks from yellowing and browning on old finish. It whitened up the appearance and saved me from replacing the furniture. (I sponged the dark metal knobs with a spray paint)

I am not a professional refinished but have finished/ refinished more than 20 pieces. In this case I was refinishing some bar stools that had a shiny dark brown stain. I used stain remover several times, used a cleaner and sanded. This product did not penetrate the wood much and streaked a good deal. It needed to be wiped off much sooner than the 2 minutes suggested. I gave it time to dry but it remained tacky in some areas. I ended up sanding the entire piece and started again