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5 years ago my wife and I contracted our own home. We obtained the stain for the woodwork from the custom cabinet company which provided the cabinets for the home (provided in mismatched often unmarked gallon cans). The stain smelled like lacquer, and in fact we ocasionally thinned it with lacquer solvent. The various woods in the home (oak, poplar, fir, and pine) all stained up similar colors with this stain. I want to refinish a dresser my wife had as a child, her father salvaged it from someone’s trash over 45 years ago, after service as a tool chest in his garage, he painted it white for my wife. It is currently stripped, and ready to finish, but as the chest was originaly painted, it is made of mahogany, and other parts are of light colored woods which would look poorly if it was stained with a standard oil based stain i:e minwax. I want to stain and finish this dresser for our daughter, rather than painting it again. Where can I obtain a lacquer based stain?
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Mohawk and Behlens both make good lacquer stains. Mohawk (800 545 0047) calls theirs Wiping Wood Stain, and it has a 30 min dry time. Behlens calls theirs 15 minute stain and is available from a lot of distributors and retailers, including Woodcraft 800 225-1153, and Merit Industries in Kansas City, 800 556 4441. These are pigmented stains and can be tinted with colors available from the same suppliers.
For matching trim & kitchen cabinets, you probably want a pigmented staain instead of a dye stain.
laquer based stains
Well I took your advice and purchased a quart of Mohawk Wiping Wood Stain. Upon reading the label, the first sentence read " This is an oil based stain." I guess you can't believe everything you read on the internet. My fault for not checking with Mohawk.
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