
Originally Posted by
Trevor Davies
A lot will depend on the colour and finish you want, your work area, and your experience!
For me, it would depend on the colour stain I want! Most times I try to get my stains from local hardware supplies. For browny tones I normally use Feast Watson stains. For red, orange, yellow, green , blue colours I use Ubeaut water-based dyes (which I get from Timbecon). I have also used Inks!
For the clear finishes, I have used Cabot's Polyurethane (water or oil based), rattle can clear, or Tru-oil.
I know a lot of forum members use oil finishes, some spray clear lacquer or 2K.
Lots of options.