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 Post subject: can i use minwax w/clear tint base colors on red pine/pine?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:51 pm 
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i really don't like the color of my floor but i really like the minwax water based stain (w/clear tint base) latte or desert sand color

can i use this on my floor and achieve good results?


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 Post subject: Re: can i use minwax w/clear tint base colors on red pine/pine?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:23 pm 
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I would not recommend using the waterbased stain. Waterbased stains do not work nearly as well as oil based. Make sure you do a great job sanding, or every machine mark will show. Minwax oil based stains work well.

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 Post subject: Re: can i use minwax w/clear tint base colors on red pine/pine?
PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:30 pm 
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can the clear tint colors base colors be used with the oil as well?


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 Post subject: Re: can i use minwax w/clear tint base colors on red pine/pine?
PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:37 pm 
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Generally, the dies used in home improvement stores and paint stores are compatible with both water based bases and oil based bases. Either way, all these stains are made by adding dyes.

But it sounds like you want Mixxwax polyshades which is a tinted urethane (oil base) .If you simply stain your pine floors, you can expect to see ever imperfection and you will also notice blotchiness as stain has very uneven grain and density.

Another more exotic and effective way to color your pine is to sand, seal the flooring with dewaxed shellac thinned 50% with denatured alcohol and then stain with an oil based stain like minwax. Then begin top coating.


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