Spgal Water Based Stain Primer, Gallon

I can say enough about this product. Totally made my golden oak stairs & cabinets look more elegant. If you do not like those prominent grains then this is for you. The primer is so easy to use. Diluted it with water which made it easier to paint especially the balusters. I sanded it when the primer was dry & before applying the stain. Turned out great! It absorbs the stain pretty good so I suggest you practice on a piece of wood so you know how long to leave the stain before you wipe it. I used a brush when I did the stain because of all the nooks & crannies. But I prefer using a rag for the cabinets. My friends had been asking me how I did it but unfortunately it’s all sold out right now. ☹️. I still have half gallon of the product after doing my stairs, kitchen & 4 bathrooms. I’m giving the rest to my sister so she can do hers. Thank you for the fast delivery & sweet note in your packaging.

Don't look like wood but, it will do the job

I'm an optimistic person so perhaps I got a bad batch. Tried many times using different techniques but the stain just wiped off like it wouldn't take a all. (I was using dark walnut stain, tried others like red mahogany too, still no luck getting it to take) Tried using 1-3 coats of this stuff but no luck. Ended up buying Gel Stain and pretty much just brushing it on w/o wiping off which was very difficult but it got the job done. Not sure if the owner looks at this or not but I took several pictures of what it was (or wasn't I should say) doing, would be happy to ship this gallon back to him too see what's up, because what I paid over a hundred bucks for is not stainable. I had it on a paint shaker and stirred good as well with paint propeller and drill. painted it on, let it sit overnight, lightly sanded with 320grit then some test didn't sand at all, then some 220 grit. Applied liberal amounts of stain, let it sit on there several minutes, tried to gently wipe off excess stain and there was the stainable primer, holding its ground from not letting a drop of penetrating oil base minwax stain from entering.

It works as promised. But it scratches off very easily... as promised in other reviews. If you have wood go the extra mile and chemically remove and stai. - dont use this. The only benefit of this is using it on non wooden objects. For the insane overpriced nature of this product, I am an vastly underwhelmed.

Stainable Primer SPGAL Original Stain Primer For ALL Hard Surfaces Gallon Arrived very quickly. I liked the idea of it more than the actual product. It went on easily enough, but it was difficult to cover it with stain. It didn't actually make my piece look like wood (it was wood, actually, but in poor shape), but it did provide a fine surface for coverage. I would use it again for touch-up work on pieces that damaged, but not over cabinets or whatnot.

I can't say enough good things about this product! My husband and I used it on our kitchen cabinets that had been previously painted. They are older cabinets and are not wood. We followed the directions while applying this, followed with stain and polyurethane. They turned out great! We love the look!!!

I hired a contractor to renovate my kitchen. He ended up ruining my new kitchen cabinets with a horrible paint job. My cabinets literally looked like avocado skin texture and blotchy paint runs. It was a total nightmare. After getting rid of him, I hired a guy to re-sand everything to bare wood. I mean the cabinets almost looked like new wood. In hopes of staining this time around, I was sorely mistaken after seeing the stain was not penetrating the wood. Turns out the primer from the paint job was still in the wood and causing the paint to puddle up. I was really set on staining now that this new guy re-sanded everything and didn't want a paint job again. So with a little research I found this product on a YouTube channel showing how to stain painted wood. Well, it really worked for what I was going for in my kitchen. After painting everything with Stainable Primer, I used Minwax expresso with polyurethane. At first it was a light coat but after that 1st one dried, the next coats began to darken as planned. I'm really happy with the outcome. Especially after not having an option to stain without it. I must admit, at 1st I was skeptical since I wouldn't know if it would work, and the price being so high. At $115 a gallon, it seemed like a make money scheme without good results. But since I was desperate, and seeing a video on YouTube, I just gave in and said ok. Now I would recommended this anyone.

I love this stuff! Very expensive but makes the job go very well. It came very quickly and was very well packaged. I recommend this if any one is planning to put a wood grain on metal items it works great! Thank you for your quick service.