4 6 hrs before you can walk on the floors. It does not state how long it takes to dry before you can apply a topcoat like the gel stain chart below.
You can shorten the wait by sealing the wood with a de waxed shellac such as zinsser sealcoat after 2 3 hours and then proceed with the water based poly.
How long to let stain dry before varnish.
As a rule of thumb you should wait 24 48 hours to allow the stain to fully dry before applying your polyurethane.
After 2 days you can move furniture back.
Length of time to dry for water based polyurethane.
Let the stain dry overnight before you start the finish coats.
1 hrs you can walk on it with shoes.
Work in long straight overlapping strokes keeping the brush.
Use a medium width soft bristle brush.
Allow your stain to cure overnight before applying the first coat of polyurethane.
If youre unhappy with grain lines that are too dark compared with the surrounding wood photo 5 restain and wipe the whole surface and let it sit overnight again.
As you can see from the screenshot below from varathanes standard stain they refer to it as their premium stain takes 2 hours to dry where you can recoat andor handle it and it will be dry enough to touch in 1 2 hours.
If you are using a water based polyurethane then the stain should dry 7 to 10 days.
If youre extra cautious you may even choose to wait 72 hours before applying your poly.
Hours 6 24 you can walk on the floors with socks.
Its ideal to wait 1 week before dogs walk on the floors unless they.
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