Chestnut White Woodstain

[tekno.mage]

Hi there,

Has anyone had any success using the white stain in the CHestnut range? I find all the colours work really well and are fairly easy to apply, but have not been having much luck with the white.

I'm making a selection of coloured ash boxes and today tried the white stain - which either looked liked thin white paint (horrid) when applied with a small brush or wiped off completely filling only the grain (much better look) when rubbed on with a cloth - unfortunately either method results in a very "rough" feel to the item after applying the stain. I've not found the other colours do this, and wondered if this is a result of the white stain containing a pigment, or if it raises the grain of the wood more than the other colours. Whichever, I had to 'denib" vigorously after applying the white stain - which of course removed even more of it!

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

tekno.mage

 

[Terry Smart]

The white stain is always awkward and results from it can be 'unpredictable' at best.
It was originally formulated to be used as a mixer for the other colours to allow the creation of pastel shades; this was instead of producing a whole new range of stains that still wouldn't be quite the right colour!

It will work as a stain in its own right, but it does behave slightly differently. We are working on a different version that we think will be more stable but only time will tell on that one.

 

[wizer]

have you tried Liming wax TM?

 

[tekno.mage]

Thanks for the info Terry - I'm glad it's not just me that finds the white stain a bit awkward to use Look forward to using the new version when it's available.

I've got a pot of liming wax, wizer, but I've not got around to trying it out yet - although it is on my list of things to try over the darker coloured chestnut stains.

tekno.mage