Tinting lacquer

[Edwin Santos]

Hi,
I have a refinishing project where the goal is to darken and tune an existing medium stained oak finish. I was thinking the easiest way to do this would be to spray a barrier coat of DW shellac and then either hand apply glaze, or maybe just spray a toner coat or two of tinted lacquer. Does anyone routinely tint lacquer and if so, what tint medium would you recommend?

Thanks
Edwin

[John Kee]

Edwin I tint Clear WB and DW shellac both with Color FX dyes when needed, also TransTint dyes should work the same.

[Wayne Lomman]

Any dye stain with the same base as your coating material will work ie water-borne dye with water-borne coating, solvent dye with solvent coatings. Cheers