I have been hearing for years about people putting wiping stain into their clear finish to shade it or color it and around certain products that’s a big no, no!
Recently, I decided to “put some color” in clear lacquer. The idea is to not have to stain the wood and to put the color and the finish on at the same time - “kill two birds with one stone.”
This is the time of year when I occasionally hear about blushing, which happens on those warm Fall days when the temperature is still up but it rains or is damp.
For those who use water-borne coatings, the use of additives isn’t always the most productive. With the arrival of cooler weather, let’s take a look at what my friend from Tillamook, which is on the Oregon Coast and is known for cheese, dairies and cool coastal weather, taught me.
Reactive and non-reactive wood coatings: following a silent explosion in the field of resin technology, we will see advances soon that will lift the performance standards of water-borne coatings even higher.
Let’s look at lacquer thinner and see what those chemicals might be and how different combinations or proportions of chemicals affect the drying time of the coating.