- Universal Tints (#23 Dark Brown - Oxide)

I purchased these tints so that I could either adjust a color of wood stain or glaze for either woodworking with oil and water based products or for faux finishing on my walls. These are the most versatile tinting mediums because they can be mixed with either water based products or oil based ones. I like them for faux finishing on my walls since I like to mix my colors from scratch, but I also use them for adjusting a color or value of a premixed glaze or paint. I recently used them for wood finishing and found the tints great when I mixed them with an oil based stain to do the woodworking in my new home since many of the 25 doors and door frames were unfinished. I purchased a wood gel stain called Java from General Finishes and I mixed it with the color "black" from my Mixol tint set. It turned into a beautiful ebony color and I'm thrilled with the results. I even had to mix the colors in batches since I had to use several cans of stain, and the results looked perfect. I started with trying to calculate a ratio, but I realized that all I had to do was to compare the colors between one batch and another. I did the comparison on a white background so that I could see the true value. Q-tips on white paper are great for this job. The Mixol tints are considered to be the best in the world. They are made by a company in Germany so all the color names are written in German. They have a chart with English translations but I find I don't even use them since I use color recognition mostly when I tint colors. There are also a number of oxide colors which are so great to use since they use tones that are inherent to earth colors. I like doing Tuscan colors and these tints are perfect when you want to get a warm glow like "yellow ochre." I went to many classes years ago for faux finishing and my instructor used Mixol tints exclusively, mixing all her glazes from scratch. I never forgot that lesson and still practice those time worn lessons of success. You can find endless videos to learn how to begin. You cannot use these tints as stand-alone color mediums since they contain only pigment and no binders, but that is the beauty of them. There are other products like those made by "Golden" which sell the binders alone so that you can control the thickness, translucency, texture, sheen and open times of your paint or glaze. These are described as the most potent tints in the world so a little goes a long way, and they never dry out. If you are somewhat adventurous or creative, you will really enjoy using these tints. You can tint just about anything used in construction although it is almost unnecessary since there are already many premixed colors like grout, cement, etc. However, it is far more cost effective to mix your own. It is much cheaper to purchase a can of translucent glaze or wood stain which are void of color. I especially like to mix small batches when I want some randomness to my wall or wood piece (and I don't just use wood tone colors for my furniture!) I never paint a wall anymore using one color. My first coat is considered my base coat which I put on with a roller over the entire wall surface. After that I begin to layer color on using either a faux finishing brush, sponge, rag, etc. and may have on average, four different colors in varying intensity. This kind of faux finishing is what adds depth to a design and why our eyes find beauty in a painted work of art on canvas. When you look at a wall that is painted without a pattern, your eyes will always enjoy looking at that finished wall. Depending on your color choices, you can create a very restful or exhilarating space. Wallpaper companies get big bucks by selling you designs which mimic a faux finish. However, they cannot create a random pattern, and I find it unappealing to notice the short repeats. I am not a born artist. I just like color and enjoy working with my hands. So you don't need to be an expert to achieve pleasing results. Practice does make success though!

The ocean blue dye worked well for me but I only used it to slightly tint my white paint because I could not tell the difference between the coats. I think the 20ml should last long enough to dye several gallons of paint but I am making a hue closer to powder blue so I don't know how far it will go if you use enough to get the ocean blue hue. The eye dropper style nozzle made it easier to control how much is being added. It mixed in well and did not separate after sitting in the can of mixed paint for several days.

I purchase This product to create a color in an oil based paint that was discontinued by the paint manufacturer. The vice on the left is a restoration of a 1977 bullet vice. The vice on the right is brand new. The color on the new device is not available for purchase. With this product I was able to re-create durable hammered finish and complete my restoration project. I’m not a painter, but this was the perfect solution to create paint. That’s no longer available.

Used the number 9 blue dye to tint a pure tung oil and solvent mix. Wanting to use natural products, I bought d-limonene (100% citrus extract) as the solvent. The process to tint oil is to first dissolve the dye into the solvent and then add tung oil to mix. Using Mixol directly into d-limonene, it will not mix at all. No problems mixing with acetone, turpentine, or mineral spirits. This is of note since the product claims to mix with almost anything. Once mixed with a compatible solvent and combined with tung oil, it works as expected. Good color and coverage, and easy to adjust color intensity.

I'm using the black Mixol to tint Zinsser oil-based primer for exterior house painting. The primer is pure white and is way too bright as a base coat for the deeper pigments in my color schemes. Takes many coats of color to fully cover the white, so I tint the primer into a battleship gray with the Mixol black tint. One bottle is more than enough to tint a full gallon of primer for this purpose. I just squirted it into the can and mixed with one of those paint stirring paddles chucked into an electric drill. Blends much better than the tint they use at the hardware store which is formulated for acrylic-base paint. I find those tints never fully blend and the result is a very streaky finish, gray but with many shades of white. With Mixol, the finish is a much more uniform shade of gray. My only complaint is the price, and having to spend over $8 just to tint a $35 gallon of paint. February 2024 update: Mixol is still the only way to go for tinting oil-based primer. The price of the primer has increased dramatically since my initial review. Was $35, but now selling for upwards of $45. The increase is more than the cost of a bottle of Mixol! I tried once again to tint the oil-based primer using the hardware store tinting process. I thought it would work out if only I did a better job of mixing the paint. However no amount of mixing or shaking provides a uniform shade of color. The paint looks very streaky and inconsistent once it dries on the wall. Very unprofessional and just not worth the insignificant savings. Go with the Mixol!

Did not work as advertised,the description was a lie

I bought several cans of stain on clearance a discount hardware. The was looking for a dark stain to refinish my living room floor. The stain was barely tinted, but for $1 dollar a can I couldn't lose much. I bought 3 gallons of the bargain stain and decided to tint it to my desired shape. It worked perfectly and I saved at least? $100. My floors look gorgeous.😁

Not exactly "universal"...

Farbton gefällt mir persönlich nicht

Pas bonne qualité ne colle pas assez il en faut au moins 10 pour un pot de 2,5l mieux vaux acheter un pot de couleurs déjà pré.

Der Artikel wurde für die Färbung vom mineralischen Stoffen benötigt. Alles funktionierte, mehr gibt es nicht zu schreiben.

Having bought emulsion paint the colour in the tin did not reflect the outside colour. Rather than waste it I bought this amazing little bottle and am so pleased I did. Just drip it in the paint and stir vigorously no odour. Until you obtain the desired colour. It arrived 2 days early which is always a bonus.

Nickel