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Darren
12 April 2021 at 11:07 pm #708996

Staining the wood, or finishing of any kind, will weaken any glue joints as the glue won’t be able to seep into the wood as effectively.

The best glue joint is bare wood to bare wood, and long grain to long grain.

Finish afterwards.

That said, if you have parts that are difficult to get to once assembled you could part stain first, but if you do, mask off the joint areas so no stain gets on them (same point as above). I would only do this as a last resort.

Cheers

Darren.