Prevent Blotchy Stain - Tips & Advice | Sherwin-Williams

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  <begin subtitles> 00:00:12:01 00:00:13:18 Let's talk about blotchy stain. 00:00:15:00 00:00:16:25 How do we get a appearance of 00:00:16:26 00:00:19:10 stain being blotchy on your 00:00:19:11 00:00:21:17 on your wood substrate? 00:00:21:18 00:00:24:02 Well, there's many different 00:00:24:03 00:00:25:04 possibilities. 00:00:25:05 00:00:27:08 Some of the most common causes 00:00:27:09 00:00:29:14 we just would itself. 00:00:29:15 00:00:31:07 Hardwood, softwood. 00:00:31:08 00:00:33:04 We're going to take it differently. 00:00:33:05 00:00:34:01 Preparation. 00:00:34:02 00:00:35:06 Your sanding. Preparation. 00:00:35:07 00:00:37:13 How you saying that wood 00:00:37:14 00:00:39:13 in the white wood sanding process 00:00:40:23 00:00:42:06 could give you a blocky look? 00:00:43:11 00:00:45:11 Could be glue to be a glue 00:00:45:12 00:00:47:05 residue that's on that substrate. 00:00:48:12 00:00:50:08 So, you know, what 00:00:50:09 00:00:51:19 do we need to do to try to prevent 00:00:51:20 00:00:52:19 this? 00:00:53:12 00:00:54:12 First of all, 00:00:55:11 00:00:57:00 adjust your preparation. 00:00:57:01 00:00:58:00 Look at your formula. 00:00:59:04 00:01:01:04 A lot of times in Maple, maybe 00:01:01:05 00:01:03:05 we put a wash coat down 00:01:03:06 00:01:05:15 first to try to keep that 00:01:05:16 00:01:07:14 a little bit more even on 00:01:07:15 00:01:08:14 how it's going to 00:01:09:15 00:01:11:03 soak into the grains of the wood. 00:01:13:23 00:01:15:18 Maybe review your sanding procedure. 00:01:15:19 00:01:16:22 Maybe it's something as simple as 00:01:16:23 00:01:18:19 that. Do we take it up a 00:01:18:20 00:01:19:17 grit? 00:01:19:18 00:01:22:10 Maybe instead of stopping at 180? 00:01:22:11 00:01:25:07 Do we move to a 2/22 00:01:25:08 00:01:26:01 glue residue? 00:01:26:02 00:01:27:08 Well, that's 00:01:28:10 00:01:29:11 pretty common knowledge, right? 00:01:29:12 00:01:30:13 We have to get that glue off of 00:01:30:14 00:01:31:10 there. 00:01:31:11 00:01:33:09 So the easiest way 00:01:33:10 00:01:34:25 is make sure you get it off in the 00:01:34:26 00:01:36:16 white wood, Sandy. 00:01:36:17 00:01:39:02 Sometimes it's difficult to see, 00:01:39:03 00:01:41:02 but that will cause a blotchy 00:01:41:03 00:01:42:02 appearance as well. 00:01:42:24 00:01:44:05 So these are some of the possible 00:01:44:06 00:01:46:01 causes for blotchy stain 00:01:46:02 00:01:47:20 and a few solutions to take a look 00:01:47:21 00:01:48:20 at. <end subtitles>

Watch Tech Services Manager Todd Steiner as he talks about the main reasons you are seeing blotchy stains in your finishing operations and how you can prevent it from happening in the future.