I recently completed some exterior shelves, made from cypress. The
parts are ready for assembly, but I'm having trouble with the finish.
I purchased a gallon of Benjamin Moore's Moorwood® Solid Color
Exterior Stain C080 in the color "Rainforest Foliage" - kind of
adirondack green with an edge. After applying the first coat, the
stain is still very chalky - the pigment rubs off easily onto your
hands. Is this typical after a full 24 hours in warm weather?
Has anyone here ever tried to dye cypress a dark green?
Danke,
JP
"Wear protective eyewear."
Try a aniline dye, water or alcohol based.
--
Ross
www.myoldtools.com
"TomL" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:09:40 -0400, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
> someone said:
>
> >I recently completed some exterior shelves, made from cypress. The
> >parts are ready for assembly, but I'm having trouble with the finish.
> >I purchased a gallon of Benjamin Moore's Moorwood® Solid Color
> >Exterior Stain C080 in the color "Rainforest Foliage" - kind of
> >adirondack green with an edge. After applying the first coat, the
> >stain is still very chalky - the pigment rubs off easily onto your
> >hands. Is this typical after a full 24 hours in warm weather?
> >
> >Has anyone here ever tried to dye cypress a dark green?
> >
> >Danke,
> >JP
> >
> >"Wear protective eyewear."
>
> I've been experimenting with 'coloring' cypress. Seems the wood is
> very oily and resists holding the coating. Best success I've had so
> far is putting a coat of white latex exterior primer and then sanding
> a bit to bring out the grain while the coloring remains on the softer
> parts of the wood. Were you using an oil base or latex base?
>
> TomL
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:09:40 -0400, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
someone said:
>I recently completed some exterior shelves, made from cypress. The
>parts are ready for assembly, but I'm having trouble with the finish.
>I purchased a gallon of Benjamin Moore's Moorwood® Solid Color
>Exterior Stain C080 in the color "Rainforest Foliage" - kind of
>adirondack green with an edge. After applying the first coat, the
>stain is still very chalky - the pigment rubs off easily onto your
>hands. Is this typical after a full 24 hours in warm weather?
>
>Has anyone here ever tried to dye cypress a dark green?
>
>Danke,
>JP
>
>"Wear protective eyewear."
I've been experimenting with 'coloring' cypress. Seems the wood is
very oily and resists holding the coating. Best success I've had so
far is putting a coat of white latex exterior primer and then sanding
a bit to bring out the grain while the coloring remains on the softer
parts of the wood. Were you using an oil base or latex base?
TomL