Comments on: Gel Stain Over White Paint https://arayofsunlight.com/gel-stain-over-white-paint/ Painted Furniture, Home Decor and More! Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:09:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: A Ray of Sunlight https://arayofsunlight.com/gel-stain-over-white-paint/comment-page-1/#comment-70834 https://arayofsunlight.com/?p=28966#comment-70834 In reply to Lori Myers.

It shouldn’t make it super shiny unless it’s like a high gloss gel stain. But normally, it wouldn’t. But if it does, then yeah, you could put a matte topcoat over the top of it to make it less shiny.

]]> By: Lori Myers https://arayofsunlight.com/gel-stain-over-white-paint/comment-page-1/#comment-69807 https://arayofsunlight.com/?p=28966#comment-69807 Hello,
I want to gel stain over a center ceiling beam that is already a flat white, is the gel stain going to be super shiny if so should I put a matte top coat to make it less shiny?
Thanks Lori

]]> By: Natalie https://arayofsunlight.com/gel-stain-over-white-paint/comment-page-1/#comment-60998 https://arayofsunlight.com/?p=28966#comment-60998 In reply to Kristin J.

Honestly, for stairs, I would use an oil based paint or something more durable than milk paint. But on furniture, you could do gel stain, primer, milk paint, then gel stain. Wait 48 hours between water based and oil based products. Scuff sand and use primer before painting to help the paint stick to the gel stain. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Kristin J https://arayofsunlight.com/gel-stain-over-white-paint/comment-page-1/#comment-60331 https://arayofsunlight.com/?p=28966#comment-60331 Hi! I love this technique and your tutorial and am hoping to do something similar on stair treads. They are pine treads that we tried to stain with a gel stain and don’t look good as pine doesn’t take stain well in general and the grain is different on the treads as some are old and some are new.
I’m hoping to paint them (to cover the grain) and then gel stain to recreate the wood look. I noticed the milk paint is water based and the gel stain is oil based, is this ok?
To complicate things, I have gel stain on the steps already and would rather not have to resend them, so I was thinking I may need to use an oil based paint over it and then the gel on top to stick with all oil. Do you agree, or am I ok to use the milk paint with gel under and over?

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