Cabot's Stain And Varnish Water Based

There's so many better products out there, I very rarely use cabots as I generally haven't had great experience with their products, their ok but really nothing special, stain & varnish is their worst though. I've had to use it to bring the colour up on some stairs as the customer was adamant they wanted cabots jarrah colour. stain & varnish is what's recommended for use with cfp floor, the colour coverage is woeful & the finish can be worked in to look "ok" but nowhere near as nice as anything else I've used. Cabots is marketed well but they b...

Agree with Paul B. Even with a good brush and lots of care it is unbelievably streaky. An even colour is one of the only things that matters with a stain and this product fails. More coats just makes it darker but still uneven. Buy a separate stain and a clear finish. The 2 in 1 product is hopeless.

Purchased 4L tin from Bunnings with Sunderland teak tint after looking at the test panels in store- these showed a nice transparent finish with the colour I was looking for.
Prepared surface according to instructions and applied one coat (instructions said two required) - it was like painting solid brown paint.
The tin states- 'enhances timber grain ' whereas it just covered everything. Had to spend another day sanding back to wood again.
I contacted Dulux customer service ( [email protected] ) on 6/4/21 providing receipts ...

I highly recommend this product, I’ve got a maple veneer door that was lacquered and had an injury that needed some Stain/Varnish, it was the best stain I ever used for touch up purposes, no patches no problems, I stirred it just like tech support said I called tech support and read instruction prior to use, A1 finish for touch up work. It was water based stain and varnish I used for the project.

Brought dark stain in stain and varnish.
Attempted to apply with microfibre roller definitely a mistake went on showing let dry and Resanded.
We were staining the tops of dressing tables and bedsides and the drawer fronts.
Applied with a paint brush had to work quickly even on a cool day even strokes.
Dried really quick about 40 minutes then we second coated some of the pieces went black and some were like a nice oak colour originally wanted. Same type of timber strange. So we had to keep staining the timber very dark which wasn’t ideal.
This s...

I purchased the cabots stain & varnish in colour ‘hickory’ to restore some pine dressers. After spending a good 20 minutes stirring the gunk from the bottom of the tin, I applied with a brush/wipe technique as per the instructions. However, the formula left the timber looking mouldy, rotten and totally uneven! Timber was evenly sanded & wiped before application. I ended up restarting because I thought i might have done something wrong, but same result second time! Hoping to get a refund as this is ridiculous.

Brand new timber floor. Bought Cabots water stain. Like previous reviewer says d it goes on unevenly. The floor is now a series of blotchy patches looks absolutely crap. Person who applied it has been using stains for 40 years never seen a product that was so rubbish. I would never ever use again! We can’t sand it off so I’m not sure what to do now except put carpet over it :)

I had a brand new door, side panel both with 'heavy' timber mouldings and door frame fitted and I chose this product because I have been using Cabots stains etc for over 40 years and always been more than happy.

I searched TouTube for videos for both how to 'paint' a paneled door and how to apply this product and found a few which I watched and took note of iformation which would help me before starting the job.

I gave the entire surfaces a light sanding using 180 grit paper before the the first coat and also a light sanding using 240 grit p...

Just had the window frames done by a Professional and the finish is sensational! Absolutely no complaints - preparation is everything ... quick drying and water clean up ... get back to you in 30 years when the frames need doing again ...

I'm on the 2nd coat.

I really don't know how people got blotchy results, I am following the directions on the can.

Stired for 4 minutes to get all the sediment off the bottom of the can mixed back.
Then applied on my veneered dining table which previously had a ugly red stain and lacquer which I removed. Only thing I am disappointed about is the colour was too light, I bought walnut for a reason, this looks very light compared to proper walnut.

I used this product 5+ years ago to recoat doors and windowframes on our 100 year old home. Previous products unknown. On this occasion the results were outstanding.
Currently am recoating the rimu kitchen cabinets. What a mess. I have sanded until old product was removed x 2. Changed the brush.Stired the tin everytime I remove the lid, so its well mixed .Stripes is all I get. This doesn't seem to be the same product that I have previously used, although it is in the same can, same finish.
I have now applied it to unfinished shelf and it se...

I used this product on my coffee table, the reason why i chose stain and varnish is that it is easy to apply and quick to dry as i was advised at bunnings however it took me almost 2 weeks to finish my project cause i had sand it and paint it twice here is a list of pros and cons
Pros
-Easy to apply
-Quick dry

Cons
-Patchy finish
-Brush strokes
-You have to apply many coats to get a darker look minimum 7 coates.
- You loose the natural grain or look of the real wood....

Should have not trusted the in-store sample, as per other reviews came out mission brown, destroyed my brand new front door. Cedar does in fact look like brown paint not the rich red display sample of stain. Have no idea what to do now unfixable.

Wish I had read reviews before buying and using this product. It does not enhance the timber and looks as other reviewers have stated like mission brown. Absolute rubbish, but the old stain then varnish products
not easily available very disappointed and won't trust Cabots again.

Paint drying times and application were as per the can. While it can be time-saving, you have to follow the tin directions and be patient. If you rush it you'll wreck it. I learnt that the hard way. I had a bit of an issue with brush strokes initially. I worked out I had been applying it too thick, a cheap brush didn't help. Switched to a roller for my next attempt and much happier with the result. Sanding with 240 grit between coats has left me with a glass-like finish. If you exceed the three-coat system it literally looks like there is a pa...