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Wood dye top coat help

  • 10-12-2022 11:18pm
    #1
    omoore
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi All

    i am finishing ash wood with White Ash Colron wood dye and have only just realised I need to seal it with a top coat. Colron Refined Interior Laquer is stated on the can to be used. I cannot find this in stock anywhere.


    can anyone suggest a good alternative


    thanks

    owen



Comments

  • #2
    omeara1113
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭omeara1113


    I used sadolin two pack floor varnish to finish mine great job



  • #3
    recipio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    Ash is a difficult wood to stain as it has alternate hard and soft grain . As you have applied the dye you can seal it with a lacquer or polyurethane, The brand is not important. I can recommend Chestnut spray lacquers from the Carpentry store in Naas or water based polyurethane from most hardware shops. Don't use a solvent based polyurethane and as it turns ash an unpleasant honey yellow.



  • #4
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120074810#Comment_120074810

    Hey Recipio, considering you have used waterbased Polyurethane...whats it like for an mdf cabinet door. How quick does it dry, and is it a good tuff finish.

    I've never used it at all, and would be interested in your opinions, or any one elses😀


    Ta,



  • #5
    recipio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120108100#Comment_120108100

    Most of the polyurethane I see in the hardware shops is water based. It doesn't always say on the tin but the giveaway is the ' clean the brush with water ' advice

    Can't say I have tried it on MDF but I did finish a large coffee table in Iroko with it. It's hard to fault it and it dries much faster than solvent based poly. The finish is just as durable. It looks ' milky ' as you apply it but soon turns clear. As I mostly make small boxes now I tend to stick to the Chestnut acrylic finishes or French Polishing. Overall it's good for light coloured woods like ash or baltic ply. For darker woods I would stick with a solvent based poly as I like the 'mellowing' effect.



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