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I am a little late on my recommendation but I just tried a new product on the six christmas totes.
I used Cabot water-based one step stain and finish on pine from Lowes, I live in Canada they are the only store that carries a water based one-step product. The product dried really quickly and the results were fantastic no prep work I did sand the end grain to 220 grit to improve the results on the end grain. This stuff doesn’t smell like the minwax oil based finish and clean up is just soap and water. I applied with a brush. I find it doesn’t create the blotching effects on pine. However you could experience what Paul would call lap marks. Treat this product like coloured shellac following the wet edge but with the advantage of being about to go over what you already did to even out brush strokes.
http://www.cabotstain.com/products/product/Premium-Wood-Finish.html
This is the companies link to the product. The reviews explain some of the issues people have. For me it is my new favourite method to stain pine.