Febing's Red Problems
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:46 pm
I know there is an old post on this topic, but I'm too lazy to find it and my recollection is that there was no consensus in that post.
I have found that when I use Febing's red that it is not uncommon to get a little bit of red on my hands from the finished pipe. This seems to diminish after a couple of weeks. I don't know if the stain takes a while to set or if I am just rubbing off all of the "loose" stain.
I tend to stain black and sand back several times before putting a final color stain as a top coat (after sanding with 400 grit). I have tried wiping the top coat lightly with alcohol before buffing, but that just seems to dilute the color and I still get red staining on my hands after buffing.
Has anyone else experienced this? And does anyone have a solution?
I was thinking that burning off the alcohol after the red stain might help set the color. And darken it too, I think,
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Todd
I have found that when I use Febing's red that it is not uncommon to get a little bit of red on my hands from the finished pipe. This seems to diminish after a couple of weeks. I don't know if the stain takes a while to set or if I am just rubbing off all of the "loose" stain.
I tend to stain black and sand back several times before putting a final color stain as a top coat (after sanding with 400 grit). I have tried wiping the top coat lightly with alcohol before buffing, but that just seems to dilute the color and I still get red staining on my hands after buffing.
Has anyone else experienced this? And does anyone have a solution?
I was thinking that burning off the alcohol after the red stain might help set the color. And darken it too, I think,
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Todd