I went down to the local true value store and we mixed a color came home it
needed a bit more red, went back they added some red and it looks good. If
you pretreat the wood it stains VERY even. I looks far better than I have
ever done with oil based. I an VERY happy with the results. After it dries
it can still be polyed with oil based.
"nospambob" wrote in message
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I've used TransTint dyes in WB finishes several times. Very versatile
in several liquids. I got mine from www.homesteadfinishing.com where
there are several active forums.

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:14:21 -0500, "wayne mak"
wrote:

I am trying to color match some cabinet doors I bought, I bought 200
kitchen
doors they are the American woodcrafter "Maple Spice" finish. I went to
Home
Depot and had them order the stain its a 2 part stain, ($38.00 for 2
pints)
it seems to be laquer based. Anyhow it doesn't match even close. I can
come
some what close with an oil based minwax but still not what I am looking
for.

I have never used the waterbased stains but minwax looks to have a good
selection of mixes and some of the colors look very close to what I am
looking for. How well do the water based stains work ( I will be using
maple) All I need to stain is the outer cabinet frames and some end
cabinets. Minwax has a good amount of info but thats there sight.