Staining Tips?....

[Maverick00]

Well its finally come time to stain my homebuilt stand for my new 45 gallon tank. I know next to nothing about woodwork but im happy with the way its turned out so far. The stand is framed with 2x4s then covered with 1/2" Pine plywood all around with a 3/4" slab up on top. My first goal is to stain the two front swinging doors. I have used "glue on with a hot iron" pine stripping (sorry dont know the proper name) for the edges of the doors to make it look finished. I trimed off the excess then sanded it down with 220 sandpaper. Ive done a couple test pieces and found long strokes with a 2" brush seems to be working well in thin coats. I want to let it dry, sand again then give it one more coat. Im using a 2 in 1 stain that doesnt require a finish to be added after. However ive laid the door on its back, stained the front and sides and wanted to do the back side afterward once its dry, but I cant prevent the stain from dripping off the edges and staining part of the backside. This im sure is going to cause a problem when i stain the backside, the edges of the backside will appear way darker and uneven because the edges have already soaked up some of the stain. Is there any way to prevent this from happening? Or fixing it before i stain the backside? I was thinking about adding tape around the backside edges to hopefully prevent most of the stain from soaking up until i flip it over. Any tips are welcome Thanks!