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From: Eric Kasten
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Subject: Re: coloured stains for kids blocks
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Date: 23 Dec 92 04:11:48 GMT
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You might try using acrylic artist's paint diluted with some
water.  I've stained some projects that I wanted colored by
simply painting on the diluted mixture and then wiping off
the extra with a rag.  Does a pretty nice job, and you get
all sorts of colors, and you can mix them to create other
colors as well.  Additionally, on most of these paints you
will find a little label indicating whether it's certified
as being non-toxic (kind of nice when coloring toys).  Most
of these paints are art intstitute certified non-toxic and the
few that are toxic are labeled with a skull-and-cross-bones sort
of thing.  The only thing is that they are a little expensive,
however, a little of these paints goes a long way also.

.....Eric Kasten    [e-mail]