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Wood Finishing - Factory Prepared Stains
MOST of the stain used today in the building trade is of the factoryprepared type. Oil stains probably are used to a greater extent than water stains, although the latter are greatly preferred for very high class work. The oil stains are not pigment stains but rather are made with many coloring substances in addition to the oil-soluble aniline and other coal tar dyes. A busy wood finisher finds considerable advantage in using the factory-prepared stain. He usually uses several brands until he finds a line which suits his needs well and then confines himself to those stains. He secures finished wood panel samples from the manufacturers and soon becomes familiar with the working qualities of these stains and learns how to vary them to get different effects on all the commonly used woods. When he is given a color to match and a specification which is very different from the ordinary standard finishes he finds the manufacturer’s service department willing to make up special stain for the purpose, or to direct his mixing of standard colors to produce the match needed. With a set of wood sample panels showing all of the common or standard colors on the various kinds of woods the finisher is in position to expedite his customers’ selection greatly. Then if he has pasted a label on the back of each sample showing the name or number of the stain used, the kind of wood, the finishing method as to filler, gloss, polish, rubbed, flat varnish or wax, he loses no time dealing with customers or giving out his shop orders when a large amount of work is being done.
When a finisher selects a brand of stains made by one of the larger and long-established manufacturers he finds much advantage in the fact that the colors are standardized in shade and working qualities. The fact that these characteristics remain unchanged year after year saves time for the finisher when matching colors, mixing and tempering his stains and in the brushing and wiping qualities. Than is necessary to level it with the surrounding surface. A second filling can be made and any excess put on can be cut off with a sharp chisel or knife. Also the filling can be finally smoothed and leveled with sandpaper. It is best to stain the hole and the wood around it before filling, using a stain of the same color as will be used for finishing the whole surface, but a little lighter. Let the stain dry before filling with cement. The cement filling will dry immediately but can be smoothed out with the hot blade of the table knife or a small spatula. The cutting down with a sharp chisel and with sandpaper must be done after the cement has set, of course. After the repair filling has been put into place and finished as level and smooth as possible mix a stain for the whole surface and finish as usual if a new surface. If it is an old surface mix your stain, blending and matching colors and applying coat after coat until the exact match has been made with the old surface. Apply the stain deftly and a perfect job can be done.
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