Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Spraying Dye Stain


We spray the majority of the stain at our shop and a large majority of that is alcohol based dye stain. 
There are two different methods for spraying dye stain, a wet application for open pore woods like oak and dry application for blotch prone woods like cherry and maple. On flat line spray systems sometimes you need to mimic a wiped stain with a spray application and I like to use an NGR stain that will mix in acetone like Sherwin Williams S61 or Keystone Nerosol and mix the stain with acetone and water. The more water in the mix the deeper the stain will penetrate the pores. Usually 2 to 3 parts acetone to 1 part water works very well.

 


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