darknight

beth is 100% correct but i would like to add water based products are made with water and clean up with water. meaning unless fully cured /dried water will dilute/dissolve the product so apply to a wet surface would not give you a good uniform finish. Oil based products are made with a petroleum type product and requires a semi harsh chemical to clean (so using water will just make worse) as we all learned in school oils will not mix with water and instead the oil will float on the waters surface! so if wood is already saturated with water the oil based product cannot saturate/penetrate the wood