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I used to have wood windows (finally replaced them 2 years ago!) and would have to occasionally replace a sash. My frames were a light "oakish" color, so I stained with a "natural" color stain, which was a great match. I added two coats of Helmsman Spar Urethane, sanding in between coats. It's great stuff.
I checked the Minwax site apparently the Purtitan Pine is no longer made. I expect the Ipswich Pine is just the new name. It looks about the same. Honestly just pick the color that you like the best. On oak wood, you really might want to go with the "Natural" color.
I would use a water based poly for the sealer/clear protective coat. Easier to use and clean up. As I have learned when putting on a clear coat after painting some furniture oil based clear coats will yellow, water based ones do not.
You can put a water based poly clear coat over oil stains. You should just wait until the stain is totally dry. I've read a few days but I wait a week just to be safe. You can use water based stains but they are not as penetrating nor have as good a color as water based, in my opinion anyway. The water based poly is very thin. I like to wipe it on with a clean lint free cloth, cotton knit from old tshirts work well. Then a extremely light sanding between coats, or only after the first coat, maybe 3 coats because it's very thin. For a cheap material to sand with you can use brown paper grocery bags as an abrasive. Just cut small squares to use to sand. I put about 6 (maybe more) coats of poly on the top of a table that was going to get heavy use for my son's apartment and it seemed to be enough.
The latest achievements are as follows. It is just an experiment board.
I used an old pine board (10 years old or so) to stain the strips of 5 min, 10 min, 15 min.
Then I added a second stain on some parts of the strips, so I have 5+5 min, 10+5 min, 15+5 min.
I used Minwax Ipswich Pine oil based stain, looks good.
For the sashes I will use the time strip somewhat lighter, than the surrounding oak frame, because the pine will get darker later.
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