Other effects may be obtained by mixing these, as forest green, which is too bright alone, mixed with walnut or some other reddish color gives a grayish green.
Of the penetrating oil stains the golden oak and mahogany are very good.
The Sherwin Williams Company, of Cleveland, Newark, Chicago, etc., produce a fine line of spirit stains.
The Adams and Elting Company, Chicago, have a stain called adelite, in which banana oil appears to be the solvent.

It is very easy of application, only one coat being needed.

It is applied with the brush.
Berry Brothers, of Detroit, Mich., the famous varnish makers, furnish a great variety of colors in their water stains and also a combined stain and finish under the trade name of Lacklustre.
Devoe and Reynolds, 101 Fulton Street, New York, make a variety of oil stains which can be applied either in one coat with a brush or rubbed in with cotton waste.
The Chicago Varnish Company, make a specialty of artistic, chemical stains, but unfortunately they are not yet (1910) available in small quantities.
S.C.Johnson and Son, Racine, Wis., furnish a variety of spirit stains called "wood dyes." The Craftsman Workshops, Eastwood, N.Y., furnish oil stains to be applied with a brush or waste.

These are deservedly famous for they give especially soft, agreeable effects on fumed oak.
In general, it should be remembered that oil stains are better for soft woods, water stains for hard woods, and the spirit stains are good for both.

But without a sense of color, no number of recipes will avail.
FILLING The object of filling is to give a perfectly level and non-absorbent basis for varnish covering or other finish.