Comments on: Pigment or Dye Waterbased Stain Question http://www.michaeldresdner.com/2009/07/pigment-or-dye-waterbased-stain-question/ straight talk about wood finishing Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:29:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Russ Wilson http://www.michaeldresdner.com/2009/07/pigment-or-dye-waterbased-stain-question/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Russ Wilson Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:48:38 +0000 http://www.michaeldresdner.com/?p=201#comment-106 Q: What would you suggest to use in order to get the edge blackening effect you see on many pieces of furniture? A: That's called shading, and it is done in two different ways; with glazing and with toning. Glaze is a specialized thickened stain designed to go in between coats of finish rather than on the raw wood. After staining the wood to the background color, you seal it, then apply glaze to the surface, wiping off as much or as little as needed to leave the edges dark and the centers lighter. Once the glaze dries, add at least one more coat of clear finish. Toner is simply tinted topcoat. You can buy it or make your own. Typically, it is sprayed on, and many companies sell tinted topcoat in aerosol cans, either highly concentrated color or lighter concentrations. Mohawk, Behlen and Varathane all sell aerosols of tinted topcoat. You simply apply it wherever you want a darker color. If you've never done either of these operations before, I'd suggest two things; first, get <a href="http://www.michaeldresdner.com/books-and-videos/the-new-wood-finishing-book/" rel="nofollow">a good book on the subject</a> to be your step by step guide, and second, practice on scrap first. Both techniques require a bit of practice. Q: What would you suggest to use in order to get the edge blackening effect you see on many pieces of furniture?
A: That’s called shading, and it is done in two different ways; with glazing and with toning. Glaze is a specialized thickened stain designed to go in between coats of finish rather than on the raw wood. After staining the wood to the background color, you seal it, then apply glaze to the surface, wiping off as much or as little as needed to leave the edges dark and the centers lighter. Once the glaze dries, add at least one more coat of clear finish.
Toner is simply tinted topcoat. You can buy it or make your own. Typically, it is sprayed on, and many companies sell tinted topcoat in aerosol cans, either highly concentrated color or lighter concentrations. Mohawk, Behlen and Varathane all sell aerosols of tinted topcoat. You simply apply it wherever you want a darker color.
If you’ve never done either of these operations before, I’d suggest two things; first, get a good book on the subject to be your step by step guide, and second, practice on scrap first. Both techniques require a bit of practice.

]]> By: John Merchant, JD http://www.michaeldresdner.com/2009/07/pigment-or-dye-waterbased-stain-question/comment-page-1/#comment-53 John Merchant, JD Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:57:34 +0000 http://www.michaeldresdner.com/?p=201#comment-53 Great talk last night! Thanks for sharing a tiny piece of your vast knowledge on the subject of finishing materials. I'm the guy who asked about whether shellac came from insects wings...I remembered reading something in the past, probably from Nat'l Geographic about the harvest of shellac. I've always avoided using shellacs because of my abysmal ignorance on same. Whenever I'm in Woodcraft, etc. I generally avoid the paint and finish dept because I know so little about it. You've now piqued my interest and I'm delighted to have found your website and books. Thanks again for sharing with us. John Merchant Great talk last night!

Thanks for sharing a tiny piece of your vast knowledge on the subject of finishing materials.

I’m the guy who asked about whether shellac came from insects wings…I remembered reading something in the past, probably from Nat’l Geographic about the harvest of shellac.

I’ve always avoided using shellacs because of my abysmal ignorance on same.

Whenever I’m in Woodcraft, etc. I generally avoid the paint and finish dept because I know so little about it.

You’ve now piqued my interest and I’m delighted to have found your website and books.

Thanks again for sharing with us.

John Merchant

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