How do you properly finish wood? I bought planks of wood that make for great shelves but the...

I bought planks of wood that make for great shelves but the color doesn't match the other wooden furniture contained by the room. So how do I go about properly finishing the wood? I want them to look nice as in good health as feel nice. Something that looks good, nice and smooth, and isn't sticky from the stain.
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Stain followed by clear coat
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Sand the wood to a smooth finish with sandpaper. After the finish is smooth, verbs all of the dust off of the board. Then you can any use a stain and - after drying - follow with polyurethane. Or, you can purchase a stain/sealant combined. It will take a couple of coats of the latter to procure a really glossy finish. Good luck!
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Answers:    sand wood first use 60-100 grit later aply stain let set for 20 sec.- 15min. depending on how dark u want it, remove stain beside an old rag, if to cloudy sand it a little until it is the color u like, if to wishy-washy reaply stain, repeat until correct color, once u have the color u like aply a clear coat and after when dry sand it smooth with 210-400 git sand paper, i would recommend doing this a couple times, once it is nice smooth and looking the method u like it u r done