How to Tint Shellac Wood Finish

Are you looking for an easy way to tint your own shellac? Look no further than this easy method to get the colour you desire! In this video, I'll show you how to tint your own shellac using this easy method, and the best part is this tinted shellac finish is easy to apply and repair and fast to dry too. This is the perfect way to get the colour you want for your next woodworking project, and it's easy to do!

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[anthonyseiver]

Leaves a great finish and really highlights the grain.

[shda]

I had great success many years ago restoring a gun stock using filtered Rit Dye poured into the shellac. If I remember right, I used 10ml of the dye into I THINK a half quart (?) of shellac to get the color I wanted.

[swissthun]

Great help to me.., appreciate your efforts here...

[coppulor]

This video is fantastic. Not too much blah blah and plenty of useful info that has most definitely piqued my interest in exploring shellac. I LOVE how quickly it cures and how it does not stay oily etc for days. My issue was that the clear was definitely nice but a bit boring and the amber is very 70's (at least to people from my generation lol). I needed a dark walnut or english cheestnut option to stain. Watered down paint was my next option but I absolutely LOVE the finish you got. Simply awesome. I subscribe to a channel maybe once a year these days so I don't get overwhelmed. You have another subscriber. Thank you 👍

[donscottvansandt]

It would make sense to me that the thinner one would penitrate the wood more?

[bloggalot]

It’s worth mentioning the different shellacs and their colours.

[joshuasmith]

Thanks for making this video. That's exactly what I want to do to an old piece of furniture but I'd like to have the protection of a polyurethane on top of it. Would there be any reason I shouldn't put poly over a few coats of shellac?

[modarmakes]

Gotta try this one day on my restored totes. Somehow straight oil finish doesn't look & feel right.

[mikekendall]

If I was trying to block the grain from showing on the finish product might I want to first use a clear sanding sealer before applying the tinted shellac. I clearly want to use stain but do not want the grain to show through.

[akipachoekie]

Hello, it seems that the handle of the plane has a satin finish.
I think it's a beautiful color.
How to get a satin finish with shellac, so you get a vintage look.

[christimartin]

I am curious: what is the lightfastness of the dye in shellac?

[PeteLewisWoodwork]

I apologise for pausing the video so early and interrupting. I think it depends on what we are aiming for. If it's tool handles, that might suggest one colour; if it's furniture, that might suggest another colour.

[aaronsmith]

Can you take a lighter yellow dye and lighten up an amber shellac?