Save Our Saturdays: Staining the Garden
So I was lucky enough to review Krylon’s new spray-on wood stain for their Save Our Saturdays promo. The package arrived a couple of weeks ago, but with all the rain it was a wee bit difficult to head outside and use the product like I wanted to. I finally started to paint some boards of wood that will eventually make a bed frame for our guest bed. Last week, the rain stopped long enough for me to stain the veggy garden that Ciri’s Dad built us.
I was dreading the task of staining the garden because of how awkward it would be to apply the stain. It had been a couple of months since we started using it and the wire fencing would make it difficult to cover all of the wood. Enter Krylon’s Spray on stain
Armed with a few cans of Rustic Brown stain, my camera, and the baby monitor (Ciri was at a doctor’s appointment), I headed to the yard during Izzy’s afternoon nap.
The can has a rotating nozzle which made it REALLY easy to apply in a vertical or horizontal motion. I started spraying the posts and frames and about twenty minutes later (it would have been less if I didn’t take pictures 
), I headed back inside. That’s it. Done. Awe. Some.
Three hours later Ciri came home and she went to check it out. Ciri found some wet spots even though the can claims to be “dry to the touch” in fifteen minutes. It wasn’t dry to the touch, but it was good enough. I should mention that I gave it a heavy coat instead of the light coat that the can says to give. The spray on stain sounds like it is the perfect solution for projects that should be quick but actually take up a whole weekend. Considering how long it would have taken to wipe on the stain, drying overnight is no big deal.
The can also says it will cover 25 square feet and I thought one can, maybe two, would be enough. I ended up using two and a half cans. After doing my math on the surfaces that I covered, two and a half cans was an accurate number – even with the heavy coat! It’s a good thing I didn’t use the rest on the bed frame project!
The stain seems durable and strong, but I wouldn’t say it’s the prettiest stain I’ve seen. I’m under the impression that the best looking stains are wipe-on, and I kind of agree. On the other hand, for convienience and durability, I’ll stick with Krylon’s spray on stain. I won’t use it on projects like Ciri’s Coin Display, but it does have it’s place as the quick and easy solution.
Here are some before pictures of the garden:
