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

This stuff is magic!!! Super easy to use and made my door look like wood. I did two coats and used the wood tool then stained !!

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 was skeptical but hopeful after seeing some videos of this product. We had ceiling beams in our home that had been painted white by the previous owners and we wanted to return them to a natural wood look. Stripping the paint seemed challenging and super labor intensive so we thought we’d give this product a try and it worked amazingly!!! We did two coats of the primer and then used a dark walnut stain on top and we love how it turned out. Photos show the before, after priming and after staining. Would recommend.

Make sure to mix them before applying it. It was easy to apply giving a good wood finish. Here is the before and after images.

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.

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 used the 8oz light wood and it just barely covered my bathroom vanity (except I skipped painting the inside of the doors and the left side of the vanity isn’t seen—I wouldn’t have had enough to do that). I did 3 coats. Then 2 coats of the dark walnut Varathane 349560 Premium Gel Stain, Half gel stain. And probably 4 coats of spray clear coat by Rust-Oleum.

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.