Would anyone like to help me answer an AskSass question?

[sass]

Hi everyone as you know Im writing a column Ask Sass for artisphere people were invited to send in questions for the column but many have been of a technical nature this one in particular ... does anyone wish to help me find an appropriate answer? thanks for your help!
Sass

Dear Sass
I am trying to do my own glaze for faux wood graining with clear water-based polyourethane as base material but i do not know what kind of material to use for coloring it and keep a bit its transparency. I tried with mat emulsion paint because its thicker liquid than my clear w/b polyourethane, but its loosing its transparency.
When i use water-dye its becaming runny.
There is not glaze for this work on our market, they dont even know about it.
Please help me if you can
Thanks

[strongv]

A water soluble dye like aniline should dye your varnish just fine... but do dissolve the powder in a small amount of the fluid first before adding the wetted mixture to the bulk of it.

Powdered aniline dye is an inhalant hazard... none of it should be considered non-toxic, though once its mixed into a liquid its much less hazardous to work with.

The colors are quite intense and the browns are perfect for graining and matching wood stains.

http://www.homesteadfinishingproducts.com/htdocs/TransFastdyes.htm

http://www.woodfinishsupply.com/tecAniline.html

a couple of resources

Do you know the 'market' the poster is talking about?

[cprende]

I just had some exterior water-based sealer used to seal and glaze stucco tinted and they used standard universal tints for the color. I would imagine based on the previous response that you could use pigment powders as long as you made a slurry first to disperse them evenly.