Have you ever been frustrated trying to find just the
right color of pigment stain for a project and coming up
blank? Even with all the colors on the shelf, they just
don't seem to have the right one.
You could buy several cans and try to hit the color by
mixing and matching, and if you are lucky, you might even
end up without too much excess stain. Or you could by universal
tinting colors and modify the stain until it is where you
want it. But all this assumes you are good at mixing colors.
(I'll show you some tips on how to do that in a future
article, OK?)
There is an easier way. When you think of it, pigmented
stain is really just a thinner version of paint. And the
friendly folks at the paint counter will mix any color
you want in amounts as low as one quart.
Go to that endless wall of color chips, find just the
color you want, and ask them to mix a quart. You'll get
a perfect mixing job every time. Take it home and thin
it with the proper solvent (water for latex paint, mineral
spirits for oil based paint) and -- Voila! -- you have
your wiping stain.
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