Wood stain is designed to penetrate into the grain of the wood not to remain on the surface.
Sticky stain on wood table.
After two days my dining chairs were still sticky.
For any furniture that gets as much use and abuse as a kitchen table an oil based poly is a much better choice.
Allow the table to dry completely.
Why is my wood furniture sticky.
I took the wipes and wiped off the excess stain.
I stripped it down to bare wood used a pre wood conditioner and then restained it with minwax stain in an english chestnut color.
No matter what we try it feels greasy all summer.
We ve tried cleaning it with a wood specific soap and various furniture polishes.
Then i used minwax s water based polycrylic.
If you let these deposits sit on wood.
The stair railing in our 1919 colonial revival home is a beautiful dark amber color.
I was also having a problem with my second coat of stain drying on a table.
I let it dry a couple more hours and the stickiness was gone.
Rinse with clean water and a clean cloth.
Another option is a chemical stripper to remove the stain.
The dining room chairs the kitchen island counter and cabinets those charming monkey wood salad bowls and plates the chair rail and the windowsill need some emergency tlc to get the stickies off.
Following this you re going to have to sand the table again.
You could stop at 180 for a hardwood like oak.
I assume that the last owner used an incompatible finish.
Once the sticky residue is removed apply a wood wax that repels water and stains to the surface for protection.
It immediately took off all the sticky coats of stain and my furniture looks great.
If you ve got a thick sticky film on say your wood kitchen table and chairs your kitchen cabinets a coffee table a door a hand rail etc it s time to remove that gummy mess and get down to the clean original finish.
If you happen to spread it too thickly or you forget to wipe off excess.
Polish my furniture.
I then wiped the table off with a dry paper towel.
Wood is luxurious rich warm and beautiful except when normal wear long neglect or jelly smeared kids leave it tacky gummy and sticky.
How to clean oily residue from wood furniture.
Do not let oil stains or deposits become a defining characteristic of the wood furniture pieces in your home.
You ll want to step through 2 3 grits gradually getting finer 150 180 and finally 220.
How to fix sticky wood stain.
But when the weather turns hot or humid it gets sticky.
I used old english furniture oil on an old oily rag that i use to.