Comments on: Staining Poplar: Helpful Tips https://www.h2ouse.org/staining-poplar/ Home Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Jennifer https://www.h2ouse.org/staining-poplar/#comment-173423 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:51:11 +0000 https://www.h2ouse.org/?p=8207#comment-173423 Great article. I bought about 1500 LF of poplar before I read this, but have been sanding, using wood conditioner, then staining. I found through trial and error that the greenest boards look great, almost like walnut (with “special walnut” stain). The white boards end up splotchy no matter how much wood conditioner I use.

I have been using a water based penetrating stain though. Funny thing is, I like the walnut look, my boyfriend likes the more rustic look, so we’ve still been using the whiter boards for baseboards where there is a lot of furniture, and the green boards for door and window jams and trim. Our house is a prow front log home style architecture (without the logs) and sort of modern rustic, so it works out ok. I’m down to the last 200 LF of trim to do, so I am not sure if I should change stains now, but I will definitely keep your advice in mind for the future.

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