I used to have a guy in town who owned the old style paint store. He could match anything anytime. He retired to Florida a few years ago so I match my own stains now. And I am not bad at it but………..always a butt. I don’t have the tints he had. I just mix and match colors to get where I need to be.
I have googled the sh
out of this with no luck.&
#160; Where do you guys buy your Burnt Amber (made it up) etc to tint stain with? We end up having to match stuff evey month or so so I think it would be worth the investment. DanT
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Think it should be Burnt Umber.
Look at http://www.homesteadfinishing.com for the TransTint line.
if you want pigmented colorants,
http://www.sheffieldbronze.com/products/tintsall/#Tints-All
I can buy these at my local paint store in any size quantity I want. They don't stock them all, but can them them on Thursday's order.
Edited 9/7/2007 9:00 pm ET by byhammerandhand
I don't mix to match (thanking the gods) but I do make stains from scrach, so to speak.
I usually buy artist's oil colours from either a drafting supply (Southern) or Michael's (a craft supply store).
My base mix is:
1 oz raw linseed oil
4 oz 100% tung oil
1/2 oz Japan drier
add one or more tubes (37 grams) of oil colour to the linseed oil, make a uniform mix, add tung oil slowly whilst stirring to make a uniform mix, add Japan drier, stirring, then
add spirits of turpentine (10 1/2 oz, give or take) to make one pint, stirring until uniform.
Store in sealed Mason jar. I prefer wide mouth ones.
If a less intense colour is desired, you can either dilute to visual appeal or make a quart by increasing the turps. I find diluting to a quart to be more repeatable, you just add layers until it's the colour you wish.
You can also use as a tint/undercoat and stain again with a lighter colour, I've done this when I want to accentuate grain, applying a darker colour stain, wiping off and re-applying a lighter colour after the first coat's dried.
You can substitute mineral spirits for the turps, I prefer the smell of turps to mineral spirits. Works the same, although the turps give a bit of solids to the mix.
Ta.
Any decent paint store should have quarts of tinting agents.
Also, try Mohawk finishing products. They have greak selection of stains, dyes, and tinting agents.