How to Stain Wood Veneer
Grab your Varathane wood stain and add some color to plain wood veneer for all of your projects!
What You Will Need
- Varathane Premium Fast Drying Wood Stain: Find wood stain at the following retailers: Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and Amazon.
- Varathane Ultimate Polyurethane Water Based Find polyurethane at the following retailers: Michael's, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and Blain's Farm & Fleet.
- Wood veneer
Instructions
- First, you will need to stain your wood veneer sheet. I like to do this before cutting on my Cricut machine. Wood veneer sheets are very thin (often as thin as a thick cardstock) and they will curl with the stain application. I find that staining while the veneer is still a full sheet minimizes this curling.
- First, you will need to stir or shake the Varathane Premium Fast Dry Wood Stain well. I placed my veneer sheet on some paper to protect my surface.
- Then paint the wood stain onto the wood following the wood grain. I like to use a disposable brush so I can throw it out after I am done adding the stain.
- Allow it to sit for 3 - 5 minutes. The longer you let it sit the darker the final color will be. Then wipe away the excess stain with a rag. I allowed my stain to sit for right at 5 minutes.
- As you wipe, you can see the gorgeous color with that amazing wood grain. Be sure to remove all of the excess stain so the piece will dry quickly. These great fast-drying stains from Varathane are ready in just 1 hour.
- At this point you can cut into shapes on your Cricut machine then seal with Varathane Ultimate Polyurethane Water Based. Stir the sealer well the apply with the wood grain. Allow to dry for 2 hours before using.