I am looking for wiping stain in large quantity. Enough to stain 4 to 5 hundred feet of 1 x 12. Too expensive to use the little cans available in the usual places. Any source local to Austin TX would really be nice.
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Minwax makes stain available in 1 gallon sizes. Probably other makers do too. Otherwise-
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That's only a gallon or two, nothing large sized about that. Anyplace that sells stain would have gallons, unless it's just a hobby shop.
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Piffin's right; you shouldn't need more than about 6-8 litres of stain unless you're thinking of putting on three or four coats and the wood is rough-sawn.
Minwax packages their oil stains in 500ml, 1-litre, and 4-litre cans; any big-box oughta have all those formats in stock or at worst could special-order the 4-L can for you in a couple of days.
BTW, if this is softwood you're going to be staining, you might want to think about applying a prep coat of wood conditioner before you do the actual staining. A lot of softwoods absorb oil stains unevenly; the conditioner evens that out and you get a much better job. (Minwax makes the conditioner also.)
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If it happens that you want a walnut color, just get a gallon of non-fibered plastic roof cement and a gallon of paint thinner. Mix it till it's thin enough to rag on/rag off.
Asphaltum is one of the major colorants used in walnut tone stains.
In a pinch even diesel fuel will work for a thinner. Or charcoal lighter fluid. Don't ask how I know all this.
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on that tack, a friends grandmother treats her old 1x4 T+G yellow pine flooring w/40 weight motor oil in the summer for an extra glossy sheen.As for thinner, about 10 years ago one of the major components of Glidden's exterior paint was kerosene. Don't remember if that was latex or oil base.
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I guess you never set minwax on fire. I had some old stain in a can that rusted, so I put a rag in the can and set it on fire. Burned like a torch for quite a while.
1 or 5 gallon sizes available...
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