Can you stain stairs without sanding?

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...

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...

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...

You should extract the dust using vacuum extractors. Then, wipe everything down with either a tack cloth or a clean microfiber cloth. Finally, use a small blower to remove any...