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then I applied Minwax stain.
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never have liked minwax.
First your wood probably had a shellac finish at one time. You need to get that off with denatured alcohol. 400-600 grit paper is to fine for wood. 220 or 320 is what you want to use.
Use a alcohol based stain. I use Tandy leather dye, I can custom mix colors and it's easy to lighten if I go to dark, just use some straight alcohol to pull some color out.
When you get the color you want then finish coat with shellac, the Russian way.