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Easy Home Bar Top (3-Day, 60 Bucks, Good for college students)

Step 3Staining Step / First Clearcoat

Staining Step / First Clearcoat
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By now you should have cut your 2x4's to make a frame that fits on top of your furniture you are using. Also you should have the bar top cut and test fitted everything loosely in its final position to assure fitment.

NOTE: SAND everything well with an electric sander, make sure to get all of the edges and corners, and wipe the sawdust off with an old T-Shirt before staining

Apply Minwax wood stain to the waiting wood peices and let them dry outside! But not in an area that has excessive wind kicking up dust. We used some extra 2x4 as a stand to hold our peices up. Note the wood stain/natural split pic. Night and DAY difference. We only needed one coat of stain on everything to get the look we wanted.

Apply one coat of the urethane to everything and let it dry outdoors fully before the next step.
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