Rigostep Rainbow Woodstains
For flooring in any colour!
In the last few weeks i have been testing Rigosteps new water-based tintable wood stains from their Rainbow colouring system.
Used alongside a professional tinting machine the Rainbow wood stains gives the end user a near limitless choice of tinted wood stain for interior floors, and joinery. They have apparently 486,562 so far so there should be something for everyone in there!
Rigostep Rainbow are essentially made up of four base coat 'Reactive Stains' which can either be used as they are or have pigment added to them. They come in 1L tubs, which cover approx 10-15m2 with one coat - depending on the type of timber and the finish sanding grade.
Salted - Light pink/brown base coat - good for warm, brown oaks, rich mahogany colours and warm blacks as well as a rather striking white pale grey lilac! The pink on the base really affects the tones and i think it is the richest of the four.
Smoked - Light tobacco Brown base coat: This is the lightest of the four starting off life as a light aged oak colour. The colours with this tend to be less intense, and more transparent from a bleached oak, to light and dark oaks.
Seasoned - Light green blue base coat: The mid range of the stains and gives a colour similar to a green oak with ochre, umber and white added, to a good french brown oak with black yellow ochre and violet.
Charred - Dark blue Black base coat. This is the base that is most suited to the dark deep browns and ebony's. The black is deep and black and with umber's and ochres added it is a lovely dark nut brown. With lighter pigments it ranges from a light to a dark denim colour - and if you want a rich blue - this is the one for you.
Just some of the colours i came up with
Either 1 or 2 coats can be applied to get a lesser or greater intensity of colour, but it needs to be over coated with a hard wearing floor oil like eicó Golvolja or an Osmo Polyx oil - and not a water-based product like a polyurethane.
With the eicó Golvolja you can add an extra dimension, as this is a tintable linseed, so you are able to pick out the grain of the timber in a different colour to give an aged or distressed look very easily - light colours seem to work best for distressing with a white or light grey on a dark background, and a black oil on a grey or brown base stain can give a subtle aged finish to the timber.
Grey wood stain with light grey eicó Golvolja floor oil.
Although coloured flooring is more common in European countries, it has not yet taken off over here. Whilst not for everyone and with the huge array of companies offering light oaks, dark oaks, etc etc, having a tintable system does allow you to get that exact shade you want.
Rigostep Rainbow is a undoubtedly a very useful product when it comes to colour matching to an existing shade or timber finish. from flooring, to panelling and joinery such as architraves and skirting.
If you would like more information on Rigostep Rainbow, or would like to get some samples mixed up for testing, then please contact me at Paints & Interiors and i will be happy to help.
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