Staining our Farmhouse Table

A couple nights ago we applied stain to our new dining room table. We first sanded the entire table down with 180 grit sandpaper and a pad sander. After the table was completely sanded we vacuumed all the dust up and then wiped the table down with a tack cloth to remove all excess dust that the vacuum may have missed.

Sanded, ready for stain 

Next it was time to apply our stain. For our table we chose to use Rust-Oleum's Weathered Grey Ultimate Wood Stain. We applied the stain and only let it soak in for a minute or less as we wanted light and dark spots to add to the "weathered look" shown below.  

Stained, ready for finish