Still, want more options? Purchase some of Aqua Coat's rich tinting colors to get exactly the color you're looking for. Or you can take random colors and see what you come up with. If you are trying to finish or refinish a particular piece and want to keep the same basic look, mix whatever you have left from that project and some similar colors. All of Aqua Coat’s stains are water-based, which means they will mix. What could be more environmentally friendly than that?Īlso, don’t be afraid to experiment. And every side of that shelf is finished and preserved, ensuring that it will be in excellent condition for years if not decades to come. You've made possible use of that soothing cherry stain you liked so much and maybe used up a bit of another color you wound up not loving so much. Use up that last bit of Aqua Coat Warm Cherry on all the visible sides and cover the back with whatever else is handy. At least one side of that shelf (dresser, cabinet, whatever) is going to be up against a wall. Remember, unless you have an extraordinary taste in interior design, it isn't going to be sitting in the middle of a room with all sides visible. What if you don't have quite enough to finish a given project? That bookshelf is pretty big, after all. Finishing touches on all of those are helped out by things like Aqua Coat's wood filler and our blotch barrier, so your stain comes out nice and even. Other small projects that would make good use of your water-based Aqua Coat products are birdhouses, bat boxes, beehives, storage boxes, stools, frames, mailboxes, shadowboxes, spice racks, key holders, and the list goes on. After you sand it down, you can make use of our sanding sealer. Or maybe there is that end table you've meant to refinish for a while. Add one of our transparent toners to the topcoat. Perhaps you would like it to have an older look. Maybe even use a little bit of Aqua Coat's highly durable Tabletop finish. Make use of some left-over Aqua Coat water-based stain followed with those last bits of clear lacquer top coat to give it a finished look. Need some storage space for your new workshop, or in the old garage? Make use of those random left-over bits of pallet wood to build a shelf. The most obvious way to go about using all of these left-overs is to find new but smaller projects for it. And true, you know where your local waste disposal center is, but do you want to just throw it away? After all, the most responsible (and let's be honest, cost-efficient) thing to do is to find a use for it. Yet, there are always those bits that linger, that last inch or two in the bottom of the Aqua Coat stain can or jug that sits there, taunting you.

And you're going to store more significant amounts properly, properly sealing the containers, so the material is still usable for the next project. Let the last thing you are going to do is flush it down the drain. Now, I know you know all about the right way to dispose of it. However, if you are anything like me, no matter how carefully you've calculated how much paint and stain you need, you always have a little bit leftover. You've been as environmentally conscious as possible in how you conduct your business and pursue your hobbies. Where that was impractical, you've repurposed it.

You've refinished furniture rather than throwing it out and buying new. You've used recycled or reclaimed wood from pallets and other sources.

You’ve bought plenty of environmentally friendly, water-based paint, stain, and other products from Aqua Coat.

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