Since pine is a very soft wood and very porous, I would use a sanding or staining sealer before I stain. If you choose to stain a bare piece of pine, there will be the tendency for areas of the wood to absorb lots of stain and areas to not absorb much at all. If you seal the wood, it will help the areas that are very absorbant from taking up excess amounts of the stain and sort of even out the color. You might want to buy a piece of pine base moulding and try it eithe way before working on the doors.
Please do not use the one step way!! Buy a small can of Wood Preconditioner, gel stain (not liquid stain) and some Verathene poly. Varithane wil not yellow as other polys will. http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGBrand.asp?bid=12 Pine will come out blotchy without the conditioner applyed first. The whole door will need to be sanded with 110 grit sand paper, (there will be what's called mill marks from the planner that will show up once the stain is applyed)vacuumed off then wiped down with mineral spirits. Apply the stain with a brush and wait a few min. then wipe off with a dry cloth. The door needs to be stained and sealed on all sides! If not it could warp, check and crack the panels from expantion.
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