Transtint Dye--1st Time

[Stan Smith]

I used it with alcohol adding more dye to reach the very dark walnut shade that I wanted. It sure is easy to work with and cleanup the alcohol based dye. I like it a lot better than using oil stain. Didn't raise the grain either. I'll probably finish with Deft.

[Jim Becker]

Just be careful with alcohol soluble dye in that it dries so quickly that overlapping can be a problem unless you are spraying it. YOu cannot "work it" like you can a water soluble dye. Nature of the beast...

[Stan Smith]

Thanks Jim, I would have never thought of that. Fortunately this is a small project that I can get the dye on before it dries. It's a remote control caddy that I saw in Wood Mag. I'm staining and finishing the individual parts before glue up.