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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Henry on January 19, 2012 at 8:11am

I look at stains as being one of two types, either pigmented or dye stains.  Pigmented stains are basically opaque and dye stains are transparent.  While you can still see the wood grain if you are using a pigmented stain, it tends to hide blemishes in the wood. Dye stains color the wood but will enhance grain.  Most of my work with stain involves polyester finish repairs and for that I use Mohawk brand penetrating stain which is a dye stain.  Aniline stains are typically dyes and my personal preference in aniline stains is oil soluble and the oil is mineral spirits.  I find it more forgiving and less streaky than the alcohol or water soluble anilines.  One of my favorite stains is called asphaltem and it is a home made stain.  Take a piece of roofing shingle and put it in a bucket and pour turpentine, or any other solvent over it and let it stand for several days and it will dissolve the tar in the shingle and makes a walnut stain with little or no red tones.

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Permalink Reply by swampapple slim on January 20, 2012 at 10:39pm

good to know all i find box store chineese shit some is even good lable gargage

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Henry on January 21, 2012 at 5:21am

Just fyi, yesterday I shaped a neck.  Besides using my rasp I used 2 pieces of sandpaper. 1 piece of 80 grit and one piece of 220.  I don't mean one sheet of each, one piece of each.  I used a strip of each for the shoe shine and the same paper for used with a felt covered sanding block.  I backed the paper with masking tape and the paper is good for another neck.  

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Permalink Reply by Bob Harrison on January 21, 2012 at 7:48pm

I love Norton sand paper!

 

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