Comments on: Polyshades Stain Project

By: marie

marie — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:38:14 +0000

I love what you did. I the same color oak everywhere is giving it a bad name. Its a great hardwood and doesn,t have to be that same 80s color everywhere. I recently mixed bombay with black and got a darker more chocolate brown color, but be warned a little black goes a long way. All I did was stir both cans really well and then poured in enough black to top off the can of bombay and it cut the red nicely.

By: Ann-Marie

Ann-Marie — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:15:43 +0000

I just did this project for about $8 and it took under an hour!! I love my “new” Stairs!!

By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:21 +0000

So I came across your website and I LOVE IT, you have inspired me to do so much more to my house. I am heading to Home Depot right after work! Keep up the good work and I look forward to looking at what else is to come.

Eve, Texas

By: Old House Charm: Before and After Banister | thesavvyseeker

Old House Charm: Before and After Banister | thesavvyseeker — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:39:10 +0000

[...] I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Southern Hospitality, and got the hair-brained idea to stain my banister with PolyShades stain by Minwax. I thought back [...]

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:22:15 +0000

Your railing looks amazing! What type of prep work did you have to do? I am contemplating on doing this with my stock oak kitchen cabinets from the 80s. Did you do alot of sanding? or liquid sandpaper?

By: Staining an Oak Banister

Staining an Oak Banister — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:44:16 +0000

[...] after we moved in this house, that I decided to tackle this project that I originally posted about here. In fact, click on that post from last year for all the details on how I did mine. If you have [...]

By: Redelsperger Family

Redelsperger Family — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:46:26 +0000

Hi, Rhoda!

I followed your link from your latest post. I have light oak cabinets and trim in my entire house…and detest them! Just for clarification: if the cabinets are glossy, do I have to sand them, or can I apply this Polyshade stuff right on top? Thanks for the advice!

Tana@Crafting R&R

By: june@craftyniche

june@craftyniche — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:00 +0000

I have the same type of banister and I love how you updated yours. I thought you had to sand it down first? I plan on doing mine sometime this week.

By: Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Hi, Anon, thanks for the comment. I’m not sure that Polyshades would be good to try on a hardwood floor, as it would be hard to control all the brushstrokes and keep it looking even in color. I don’t think I’d recommend that. There’s another product by Minwax that I can’t remember the name of right now & you apply it with a cloth, although I can’t imagine doing a whole floor like that. You might check into that too. There’s a Walnut shade that I’ve heard about, but it does sound like a lot of work, but probably trying it on hardwoods with a cloth would be better than using a brush. I’m really not sure what to advise you on that one! Good luck with it!

Rhoda

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:06:00 +0000

Hi Rhoda – I came across your blog while checking into Polyshades. Have you ever used it on a hardwood floor? I want to improve the looks of a 50-year old floor without actually sanding down. Any comments? Thank you in advance for any help you (or one of your readers)can offer.