MAS Epoxy Resins CAN be applied over some oil-based stains. There are a few factors that you will need to consider before attempting.

1. The stain has to be fully dry!
We used Varathane Premium - Ebony, for this example. The can maintains it will be dry in 1 hour, we let it fully dry for 5 days then used a clean white rag and whipped the surface. There was no residue on the rag so we know the oil stain has fully dried and it's ready to have the epoxy resin poured on it.

2. Seal Coat
Our chemist Mike recommends applying a seal coat, which is just a very thin layer of epoxy resin that will help prevent bubbles and "bury" the oil under the surface. Seal coats normally do not look the best, you can expect to see a lot of deviations, orange peel, and fish eyes. Mike also recommended using MAS Tabletop Pro, thinned with 5% denatured alcohol. So you would mix up part A and part B then add 5% (of the total volume) of denatured alcohol. So if you mixed up 100 mL of Tabletop, you would want to add 5 mL of denatured alcohol to it. ( 100 * .05 = 5)

3. Seal Coat - Round 2
After the seal coat dries, sand down the deviations, liberally wash the piece down with denatured alcohol or acetone and apply another seal coat. Some people will pour 2-3 seal coats ensuring they have a smooth flat and perfect surface for the flood coat.

4. Flood Coat!
Now that the entire surface is completely smooth flat and perfect, its time to pour your flood coat!

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Check out the full blog post on how to apply epoxy resin over oil-based stain!


Materials Used:
MAS Tabletop Pro Epoxy Resin
Varathane Premium Oil-Based Stain
Pine Manufactured Shelf Board

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