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When Added to Oil Based Paint (up to 90%) Makes a
Penetrating Stain (any colour)
Because of the massive penetrating properties of Owatrol Oil it can be used to great
effect as a staining ‘tool’. By this I mean, when you dilute any colour oil based paint,
undercoat, primer or whatever with Owatrol (Note: Stronger hiding colours can be
diluted to a higher ratio and the opposite with low hiding colours like yellows, reds
etc., usually up to a maximum of 40%+/-) if you apply that to any porous surface
such as concrete, stone, wood, brick etc., it pulls the paint deep down into the pores
of that surface thereby acting like a solid colour ‘stain’.
Some examples of this application as follows:
A concrete floor which raises clouds of dust when swept
can be stained any colour you like thereby sealing in all
the dust and obtaining a lovely hard wearing, painted,
dust-free floor at the same time. (Not appropriate for
forklift traffic etc.)
Used with floor paint
The same can be done on concrete
patio slabs, garden ornaments,
brickwork, roof tiles, wooden shed
or fencing, wooden garden
furniture or any porous substrate
you can think of.
Bench before Owatrol
'Staining'
After Owatrol 'Staining'
Some people use this method to transform old wooden garden benches, tables etc.
with a colour to match the door / windows etc. Above two garden pieces done in
this way.
Here below is another variant on above method. This time the customer was trying
to blend in a new wooden chalet with an old adjoining stone structure because she
felt there was too much of a clash. She wanted to lighten the colour of the wood but
yet see the wood. We suggested a ‘white stain’ comprised of about 90% of Owatrol
Oil and 10% white oil based paint.
