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Naturally attractive wood enhanced with a tinting toner stain. furniture image by Vladimirs Koskins from Fotolia.com Toners are typically used to garnish an enhancing effect for a specific color. Matching and blending are two delicate skills that can tie together woods from different species and textures. Toners enable manufacturers to attain a consistent and reliable shade of color to their furniture. Especially in cases where many different kinds of wood are required to complete a piece, blending and matching are essential.
Two Main Toners
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The two main differences between toners in finishing are transparency and opaqueness. A tinting toner is defined as an opaque color hiding coating, similar to paint, which covers the look and grain of the original wood with a new color. This type of toner is ideal for color matching between two species that are dramatically different in natural appearance, grain and color. Tinting toner stains are defined as transparent coating which still retain the natural character in the wood as well as enhance coloration from the wood itself.
Tinting Toner
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Tinting toner helps to achieve consistency in color even when the same species is used for the entire piece. Typically the colors used for dyes in a tinting toner are a range of yellows. Colored toners are occasionally made from paste colorants and dyes which produce a different color toner when combined. Brown, red and orange dyes can add to the versatility of colored tinting toners.
Tinting Toner Stain
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The benefit of transparent tinting toner stain is that an attractive natural grain and color from the wood doesn't get buried under new color. Most species used in the industry are naturally tan, yellow or pink in color. Using a transparent toner can help brighten or blend these sometimes magnificent natural characters in the woods. Generally all finishing jobs start with the tinting toner stain, regardless of whether a colored tinting toner is ultimately used.
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