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adding stain or dye to waterlox finish

Debbie Downer
18 years ago

instructions say i can add dye or stain to waterlox finish--

i want to darken my unfinished oak table to an antique dark oak color by adding a dye or stain to the 1st one or 2 coats. can anyone recommend a specific product to use??? I am not finding ANYTHING-- theres the premixed stains but it seems to me that if i use something like that diluted w/ water lox finish then its not going to be very dark. also many premixed stains have various other ingredients like polyurethanes or whatever that may interfere w/ putting layers of waterlox on over... so it seems to me i want to get some kind of pure unadulterated dye or tint... but what?

Help! my project is stalled until I can figure this out... its pretty frustrating, i've asked locally and they tell me just get the brand that THEY carry. Um, no, I already have this stuff.....

no response from emailing waterlox site. rockler has dyes but only for water or alcohol base.

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