my favourite prooftint stains no longer available :(

[old_picker]

went down to bunnings to replenish my supply of F&W prooftint rosewood stain to find it not available
not only that, several others that i regularly use are also NA eg: red green blue etc
the rest of the "usual suspects" colour range is also pretty narrow

my practice is to mix these stains into lacquer as a transparent tinting medium which is then shot over the piece usually in 3 or 4 layers or until i get the required colour depth and level of opacity - i know that everyone is using the new varnish stains because they are easy to use but totally NA to guitar finishing

i would love to know about a brand of spirit based stains that is available locally in a decent range of colours

[joez]

I use Wattyl Traditional Stains with Pre-Cat Lacquer, might be worth a try:


http://www.wattyl.com.au/en/find-the-right-product/wood-care/Interior/DoorsandWindowFrames/Stains/WattylCraftsmanTraditionalStain.html

[_fly_]

you sure its not just a line bunnings are dropping because F&W won't sign an exclusive deal.
might still be available at mitre 10 or a masters.
Gte on the F&W website and see who else stocks it.

[old_picker]

feast and watson don't list rosewood or the other colour[s]
bunnings shelf display is a F&W rack showing the same colours as on F&W website
in other words bunnings has all the available colours

i might post a shout to all and sundry to see if some one has some they can spare
i am in the middle of a job and have run out -

[_fly_]

Well I can go to my local and see if they have rosewood.
If they do I'll get them for ya.

Keep your fingers crossed.

[Bob38S]

This may or may not come as a surprise.

http://www.duluxgroup.com.au/Our-Brands/default.aspx

Not sure if they still supply Masters as I have never been in one but I had "heard" that there had been an issue.

Found it.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/dulux-pulls-paints-out-of-masters-danks-20130523-2k41l.html