Stain... alcohol or water base ?
Stain... alcohol or water base ?
I just finished shaping and sanding my first pipe. Now for the stain, I've seen here that alcohol base is recommended. Because I want to finish this one as soon as possible, I went to home depot and found water based stain. Is there a differance with this type of stain or can I use it as well ?
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I have a can of MinWax "Water-Based Wood Stain" in front of me here that I last used to stain a windows seat I built for my wife. While it doesn't list ingredients (or carbohydrate/protein info ), but a good 15% of the entire label area is taken up with CAUTIONS and WARNINGS.
I used to know what was in these, in fact I had a binder about a decade ago in college (Architecture/Historc Preservation degree) with all the info on various types of paints and stains. Some of it ugly stuff, and certainly not stuff I'd want to heat up and place near my breathing parts.
Now, granted, it's been over a decade, and formulas may have changed since then - or my memory may have faded. I won't tell you not to use it, but I will say that you need to be careful and be positive of what you're using.
I used to know what was in these, in fact I had a binder about a decade ago in college (Architecture/Historc Preservation degree) with all the info on various types of paints and stains. Some of it ugly stuff, and certainly not stuff I'd want to heat up and place near my breathing parts.
Now, granted, it's been over a decade, and formulas may have changed since then - or my memory may have faded. I won't tell you not to use it, but I will say that you need to be careful and be positive of what you're using.