Minwax Gel Stain for Interior Wood Surfaces, Quart, Coffee

I used this to stain my boring builder grade honey oak colored kitchen cabinets. Initially I found it difficult to work with, but I had never used gel stain before so I just had to learn to work with it. I cleaned the cabinets with TSP, then applied two coats of this stain and finished with Minwax Poly-Acrylic Top Coat in Satin finish. The first coat of stain I began to wonder if I had made a humongous mistake, but by the time I got the second coat on, it filled in all the random spots and looked really good. The stain does scratch off easily, so I think using a top coat is very important. Now that mine are sealed with several layers of the poly-acrylic I haven't had any issues with the stain coming off. This stain is very dark, anything beyond 2 coats may look black. I've had several people say my cabinets are black from pictures, but it is clear in the home that they are just dark brown. I needed 2 of these containers for 2 coats on the outside/inside cabinet doors, the cabinet trim edges, and the cabinet kick plates as well as the cabinet sides. I discovered that while my doors were solid wood, the sides of the cabinet boxes were veneer, but with this stain you can't tell they aren't solid high end wood. This is a great product!

I bought a used dresser in great shape but it had a few large spots where the stain had completely come off. I tried to match the stain in those spots to the rest of the dresser but even though it was the same color you could still see the spots. I really didn't want to sand the whole thing and start over so I decided to try the gel stain and it worked great. I applied the gel stain right over the top of the existing stain on the entire dresser. It totally covered up the spots and looks great. It is thicker than a normal stain so you dont see as much of the wood grain but you can still see some, especially if you wipe it off quickly. It has a strong smell so make sure to be in a ventilated area. This stain was a little more expensive but considering the time it saved me not having to sand first, I think it was well worth it.

Love this paint gel paint, if it can make this old bench look good any thing else will look great! I had to put it on thick because this wood was not so good, even though it looks black in the picture it is more of a deep nice brown. I did use a whole can on it and a little of a 2nd can ( 1/2 pint) , if I know what I was doing one can probably would have been more than enough. You can’t go wrong with this, it was easy to work with and covers very well ( if you need a lot of coverage like I did), or applied as a light stain it’s perfect. The color is very nice.

Package arrived inside the can was bent. Thank God it didn't open. Apparently the US mail isn't very careful with Amazon packages. The can was almost bent in half. I can't believe it didn't open. Anyway, it's still usable. I gave it for stars because I really love the gel stain. It works great, especially on pine gives a really, really nice stain pattern

This gel coat is fantastic. No need to sand off finish just paint right over, but its recommended to be smooth atleast first! Also great on bear wood. Easy to work with, doesnt drip too much, pleasant smell, dries pretty quick, nice medium gloss finish, and tough enough to stand up to general wear and tear. This is my go to for many house projects now.

This is by far the Best Gel stain I started a small project in my kitchen last week with two cans of wood stain without sanding didn't work.I went ahead saw few videos on YouTube someone that purchased this product When I tell you it save the day I recommend 100% to buy this product easy to apply,cover the wood full cover you need to do two rounds but it works.the can is a large size the smell is minimum but you need to work quick it dry fast works beautiful it took like three hours to finished.

Came quickly, decent price. This worked well on my kitchen cabinet doors (not finished yet) It is a dark brown with no red undertones which I really liked. It does look like coffee so it is aptly named. It was easy to work with and gave good coverage in two coats. I have maple cabinets and regular stain came out blotchy and inconsistent. This product solved the problem with the blotchiness and gave consistent color. I experimented with other stains and gel stain colors and this color looked more like a professional job.

I liked this stain, it is a dark Java color. I prefer gel stain, it is best applied with an old rag or washcloth. I used this sto stain an old window frame and I am very happy with the results with a lot of stain left over for another project.