Varathane 358316 Premium Gel Stain, Half Pint, Golden Pecan

OMG..... I love this gel stain! I used this for 6 interior doors and 2 built-in desks for a total transformation of our business office. This DIY project took my old shabby looking oak to a new modern look with this amazing black gel stain. It was much thicker than I had imagined, making it ultimately easier to work with, a quart goes a long way and I did find using a rag to apply was the best method for this gel stain. It dried fairly quickly, I applied two coats and the coverage was AMAZING! This was one of a 3 step process that I used to complete my project but this was the major part of the project and the finish look is incredible. I am very please with the outcome and very worth the small investment.

I am in love with this product! it helped me to renew my kitchen and worked perfectly fine on the old treated surfaces of the cabinets. The texture, the color are as expected.

This stain is a very rich stain. It is easy to use. It does not run like the regular wood stain. Clean up requires the use of mineral spirit. I used Dollar Tree brushes for a faux wood finish. It takes 24 hours or longer for the stain to cure correctly for good durability. In my experience, the drying time took longer than the listed dry time on the can. It maybe due to the amount of stain that I applied to my projects but I love the end results. I sealed it with a water-based polyurethane. The price is about the same as Home Depot or Walmart. This product is versatile. It can be applied to an existing stain project for refresh the look.

Nice quality but small amount. It does go far, if you are using on a previously painted item, for a faux wood look. It does take a long time to dry, but it's a nice color and did what I needed it to do.I have repurchase it twice now. So I would obviously recommend it.

This stuff was perfect for staining our front door and shutters to look like wood. Our door is metal. We wanted a wood door, but are too cheap to buy one. So we used a wood grain tool and this gel stain and love how it came out! It’s Really easy to work with and was the perfect color. The first pic is the first coat with the wood grain. Then the 2nd coat and then the final coat. Last pic is of our shutters and door together

Bought this to match my espresso furniture. It's a little lighter than espresso but it still is a perfect match. Also, the gel stain requires less coats to get a deeper color and good coverage. I stained a desktop and keyboard tray and still have a third of the 8 ounce can I bought.

Amazing! Does everything it says it does and more, super easy to make anything look like wood

Always a good quality stain. A little too blonde for me, but if you are going for the pottery barn look, this is it.