Retique It RETQ-LW16-LightWood Liquid LiquidWood, 16oz Pint, 1. Light Wood, 16 Fluid Ounces

I was a little nervous to try this product, but had a table with a laminate top that I wanted to refinish. The results were better than I could have imagined. After cleaning the table with just rubbing alcohol, I lightly sanded, then began painting on the liquid wood. I did the first coat with a cheap paint brush, the second with a roller, and the third with a quality paintbrush plus a wood grain tool. There was only one area I disliked, but I simply repainted that part and scraped the grain tool again. It could not be more simple!

Love this item! It truly helps restore and bring new life to spaces. It’s user friendly, dries quickly and can be stained to whatever color you’d prefer. I’ve used this beautiful color on a half wall and on a tv console. It’s turned out beautifully on each!

I'm so annoyed at how well this worked because of the on/off months I spent trying to remove old paint to get this table down to bare wood. Only to give up, find this wood paint, and not only have it look like wood but look better than the natural wood I was trying to sand down to. Stop wasting time and just buy it. It's what you're looking for. Trust me.

Product has a learning curve. It’s verrrryyyy thin, and the edges must not have too much product or it is failure (see pic). I’d recommend several coats BEFORE the final coat with the wood grain tool to get the stain to take, and it does not take well!!!! Gel was a disaster and I strongly encourage you not go that route. It entirely covered my grain and I had to sand and entirely start over.Penetrating stain worked much better, but it was light. Several coats were required. I will say, it does look like wood. But I ended up having to start over two times between the edges looking low quality and the gel stain.In the first coats, long, smooth brush strokes. The final application where you use the wood grain tool, I would apply the product with a brush starting in the middle and and going out. When you use the wood grain tool, use long strokes as straight as possible. The wood grain tool creates grain anyway so it isn’t necessary to have the long strokes suggested, and it was a big mistake in my world.But the product itself is pretty amazing. It does look just like Wood. I was impressed. Wish it was thicker, but honestly it’s amazing what it did to particleboard.

I loved the way my project turned out. I didn't try to rush through it. I had white painted cabinets in the bathroom and I wanted a more natural wood look. New cabinets where just too expensive,and the cabinets themselves were good quality, so I thought I'd give this a try. What you see is: one coat of Retiqueit over the white paint,then I took a small stiff paint brush and pulled it through through the surface to get a slight grain look. I chose not to get the graining tool, because the grain was to large and won't look right the rest of the natural wood. I also show one picture of the retiqueit next to the natural wood. The door is thenatural wood and the cabinet is the Retiqueit. It is very close to the existing wood. The natural wood in the bathroom,I belive, is Alder wood. The Alder has a slight redish under tone, and the Retiqueit is a little warmer color than it looks like in the photo. I followed the steps as directed, I scuffed the surface, wiped it down with the water/alcohol mix, and let it dry a bit. I did not stain the cabinets, the color pictured is the lightwood color Retiqueit over white paint. That gave me the color I wanted.

I am familiar with Retique it liquid wood and have ordered it many times from the Retique it website. This was my first time ordering via Amazon. The two jars I received did not leak, but they were not sealed. The consistency was extremely watery. The logical conclusion is that they had been opened and watered down. I’m talking reeeeeeally watered down. In all the other jars I’ve ordered, they need to be stirred well before using as they contain real wood particles that can settle to the bottom. There was absolutely so settling if any particles in the bottom of these jars. The color was way off as well, which also makes me think this may not just be a watered down product, but may not contain any real Retique or liquid wood at all. Im obviously returning the product and will be only ordering directly from the company’s website from now on.Update: it should’ve noted that you will get special deals if you order from Retiqueit.com. I just placed my order and they gave me 20% off as well as free 2-day shipping.

This stuff is really cool. It dries to mimick a wood stain. Easy to use.