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    Tinting water based finishes

    Can this be done? What is a good tint to use?

    Thanks
    Brian
    Last edited by Brian Hale; 04-17-2005 at 8:50 AM.
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    Virtually all water bourne finishes are acrylic based and can be tinited with universal tints. You can also use the trans-tint (liquid) dye concentrate.
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    Thanks Jim!

    I'm getting ready to place an order with Highland Hardware and they sell 2oz. bottles of Transtint wood dyes.

    Brian
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    The penalty for inaccuracy is more work

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    Target Coatings offer tinting services on the Target USL and you can also get it and the Fuhr 9100 tinted by Jeff Jewitt, too...just about any color of the rainbow! Much better than "paint" when you want a painted finish and more durable in most cases.
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    I'm wanting to add a touch of red to match a customer color sample and the stains just aren't doing it, hence i'll try tinting the finish.

    Thanks again
    Brian
    The significant problems we encounter cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

    The penalty for inaccuracy is more work

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