I started putting the stain on the fish tank stand i made and it doesnt look quite right. Its all poplar with a few small walnut plywood pieces. We used the minwax cherry stain to help darken the poplar and give it a nice red tint to it. We used a prestain conditioner since its a soft wood. But it came out very splotchy with some of it staining very dark and some of it very light(even on the same board). we have tried to touch up the lighter parts but its not helping at all. Im i pretty much out of luck to fix this? I think its stained to deep to resand the entire thing.
Please help!
/I know poplar isnt isnt the greatest wood to stain, but i thought it would turn out better than this.