I get that answer a lot when I tell someone that I use dark wax as a stain for tops of tables, and to stain new wood.  It works great. Have you ever tried it?   Sometimes I'll add a bit of mineral spirits to it to soften it up a bit (unless it's been in the garage in the summer months and it's happened naturally!)   I used it on this project I made for my little guy this week. These were new cedar fence boards that I stained using the Dark wax.  I also used it to "age" up … [Read more...]