Subject: Help with Stain

From: "*Abert, S." <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:48:41 -0800

Question for anyone who might have a clue.  Am playing around with making 
my own paint (milk paint, egg yolk based paint, etc., and using my own 
pigments for color).  Am also attempting to incorporate oil based 
(layers) of stain for an antique look.  Some of the stain is absorbed 
into the "paint" but some more-or-less sits on top (but at this stage 
looks very good).  Will the stain ever completely dry????  When I've 
attempted to put a coat of varnish over the top, the stains seems to 
"melt" and blend into the varnish and the look is gone.  Is what I'm 
attepting to do impossible?  Is there anything that will stablize the 
stain?  Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Sharon Albert - [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:55:41 -0500

> Sharon Albert - [email-masked]

Use a washcoat of shellac  over your stain. The shellac asks as a
barrier coat between your stain and your varnish. Appearantly, the
binder in your stain keeps getting activated by the varnish. The barrier
coat would prevent this.
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