Use a furniture refinisher to dissolve the stain and scrub it away with a bit of steel wool. Although it still involves some scrubbing, this approach is less damaging to the surface of the wood than sanding.
If you're sanding by hand, use gentle forward and backward motions all the way across the piece. Make sure to keep your hand moving along the wood, rather than staying...
All species of wood have a variegated color in their grain that is unique to that species. If you want to keep the natural color, don't stain it! For maple...
Unfortunately, gel stains are fairly difficult to lighten. Before the gel dries, you can scrub the surface with mineral spirits to lighten the stain. Once the finish has hardened, you...
If the stain has been on there for a while, then you don't have to do anything special. If it was just recently applied, though, I'd make sure to use...
Absolutely not. If you're going to paint anything with a finish on it (which your cabinets almost positively do), you definitely need to rough the material up a bit if...
No, it's just not going to work. I mean, it may work temporarily, but that paint is going to start peeling off and flaking once it dries. You really have...
Sometimes a stain can come out just by soaking or letting it fade, depending on the stain and the material. Check to see if your curtains can get wet, and...