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  1. #1
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    Default my favourite prooftint stains no longer available :(

    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
    ray c
    dunno what's more fun, buyin' the tools or usin' em'

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


    http://www.wattyl.com.au/en/find-the...onalStain.html

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    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.

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    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 -
    ray c
    dunno what's more fun, buyin' the tools or usin' em'

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    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.

  6. #6
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    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...523-2k41l.html

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