I'm refurbishing a cast iron bench with some new wood slats, and someone told me I should use either stain or varnish, but not both. Any reason why? Surely the stain would be for colour while the varnish would be for protection, or does it not work like that?
The wood is mahogany so once I see it I may not want to stain it in any case, depends how naturally dark it is.
The wood is mahogany so once I see it I may not want to stain it in any case, depends how naturally dark it is.