The best wood stains let the natural beauty of the wood grain show through while adding rich color to the workpiece. This dark oil stain and sealer combo does both exceptionally well.

We should say: no walnut has been harmed in the making of these instruments. The Dark Walnut is a stain finish to bring out all of the details of each guitar’s wood grain, with a high-gloss lick of ...

Test 1: Dark Stain and Raw Wood For my first test, I used Minwax’s Dark Walnut 2716 paired with the light raw wood of this cutting board. I used an old rag to apply each stain.