ColorTone Cherry Finish?

[glenwilliam]

Some really good knowledge and advice in this thread, thank you all.

I used Cherry ColorTone on the ash Tele in the pic below, however the supplier I bought it from sold it "pre-diluted" (my mistake) and it was too light to give the depth I wanted

Are you saying I shouldn't purchase something pre-diluted? Like this:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ColorTon...-/132129688971

[McCreed]

Some really good knowledge and advice in this thread, thank you all.



Are you saying I shouldn't purchase something pre-diluted? Like this:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ColorTon...-/132129688971

That is the Seller I bought it from. I wouldn't buy from him again.

[Rabbit]

That is the Seller I bought it from. I wouldn't buy from him again.

Funnily enough I bought the same one from the same vendor, and I didn't have any issue with it on the HB-4, it came up the colour I was after. I think I'd probably have preferred it if what was being sold was the strain and not premixed... I kinda like the control of mixing myself and choosing what carrier to dilute it in. The problem with stain is once you get to a certain point, the colour doesn't deepen no matter how many coats you put on, unless you mix up some more with a more concentrated dilution. kinda a shame it isn't more like a candy.