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    Default Diluting 'Prooftint'

    Hi there
    As the title suggests, im after the best way to get a weaker colour stain from a bottle of Oak Prooftint. Is it terps, meths, etc???
    Im not really a great fan of buying accompanying product which is probably just re-labelled turps etc.... Thanks

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    Prooftint is alcohol/spirit based.

    As you guessed feast watson do make their own thinner / reducer for the product which is about $10 for 250ml or 500ml (can't remember).

    The product will mix with methylated spirits. I am not sure what the difference between the F/W reducer and plain old metho is - maybe just has some glycol in it to help ease application.

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    Superb thanks, i grabbed a bottle at mitre 10 last night and it diluted just perfectly. So i managed to get the level of colour right with a 3:1 mix of meths, however its a very slight bit on the brown side, it needs to be a touch more yellow to match a set of ikea drawer units which are supposed to be oak veneer. Question is, do i try to get another stain variant, or try to turn the prooftint mix i have a bit more yellow? is there a product/method for tinting stain? Ta

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    They make a yellow prooftint in the little 50ml bottles. Mix yellow prooftint in until you get the colour you need.

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    I'm not exactly sure, but from memory i think Prooftint in Cedar has a yellow color to it. You could try using a bit of this with your mix.

    I've mixed different colors of Prooftint together successfully but unless accurate formula is kept, it will be diificult to replicate later.

    Steven.

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    Thanks guys, for the record...
    1 part Oak PTint + 1 part Golden Teak PTiint + 1 part Meths on Tassie oak will get very very near to ikea oak veneer furniture. (might go to 2 parts Golden teak yet!)
    Jon

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