ColorTone Liquid Stains

Thanks Stewart MacDonald. Worked perfect for a tint on a lacquer finish on a older guitar restoration. Blends in nice.

Solid and nice colors

wine red les paul stolen a few years back. Got replacement - color just wasn't right but nice flame - too orange. I carefully stripped the finish on a wing and a prayer and salvaged my trim without too much damage. I wanted a wine red with a little cherry. Did not want the black counterstain like Gibson does. So I counterstained the flames with red mahogany. Then it was a matter of mixing cherry red and red mahogany until I got the red I wanted. By the way, the maple seemed to take up the darker more readily and nothing else worked like these Stew-Mac stains. I even did a "candy coat" stained clear coat sandwiched between multiple clear coats, which I'm sure is unethical. But the whole thing came out great ... to my surprise. Except the extra clear coats I put on ruined the tone...NO!! only kidding it still sings. Had to doctor my trim in few spots... This whole job was a ton of work. No more Les PAuL REFINS for me. Thanks Stew-Mac...its done...

Bought the black for a project guitar and a little goes a long way with that stuff.

I purchased the Color Tone Liguid Stain in the Amber and was very excited to use it but wasn't sure how to proceed. I went to my local hardware store and they were really helpful. When they saw the intensity of the color (just a drop in a cup of denatured alcohol) they couldn't believe it.
I've since applied the stain onto a vintage Telecaster body and the color is outstanding. Thanks StewMac. Another great product.

Works great in lacquer and shellac. Translucent colors are smooth and even. Black works great to dye voilin and bass fingerboards.

It works very well ! ! I love It ! I'll ask for more colours in my next order ! Thanks ! !

Great stuff...can't find any better. Used it on maple plywood for Airstream renovation.

My son is the builder and I'm the finisher. He built a bass and was looking for a bit of 'retro' look. The maple neck and rosewood finger board are finished in a single coat of Behlen Tung oil (the maple is clear coated in clear Behlen Poly. The body was stained using Vintage Amber applied by hand. It's extremely easy to use. I used two coats (flood the surface) following the directions. At first it looks way too yellow. Don't worry about it,after two coats it will mellow perfectly. The nice thing about staining the wood, as compared to adding stain to the clear coat (tinting) is you get a true authentic look i.e. The natural grain and character of the wood comes out. You can see the high lites and low lites. Love it!!

I used the process recommended in this Stewmac article with the cherry red stain and it worked phenomenally. The picture doesn't do her justice.