Paint and Stain

Paint and Stain
 

I believe paint is "pintura" (I'm not exactly sure though), but it dawned on me the other day at work that I don't know what stain is. What made me think of this is that we had a new Guatemalan lady start work the other day and I was showing her around and I couldn't differentiate between the two. And just to clarify what I mean, paint on a wood cabinet door (that's my line of work :D) would completely eliminate any grain or pattern visible in the wood whereas a stain would simply give the wood a color and still let you see the wood's natural pattern. I hope this makes sense.

Paint=Pintura
Stain=???

Gracias

Stain= varnish = barniz

also mancha. ;)

¡Perfecto!

That's what I wanted to know. Gracias Chileno

My dictionaries say it's tinte.

Se tiñe la madera para echarle el color. Después, se la barniza para protegerla.

Yes, tinte and the action teñido: "terminación: enchapado teñido (color caoba, cerezo o wengue) y laqueado", that is, veneered, stained (mahogany, cherry tree, wengé) and varnished with high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, known here as laca cristal.

People always say this, but it's not correct, I think. A stain penetrates into the wood, staining it and bringing out the texture. A varnish does not do this, but forms a hard protective coat.

I cannot remember if we used the word tinte, and I understand perfectly....as I was writing I remembered that in school we used the term "mano" only to that step.

Le das una mano de aceite de linaza (opcional) y después le echas el barniz.

And yes tinte makes pefect sense, because it gives the hue/tone desired on the piece of wood to be varnished.

Usually,

Stain = tinte
Varnish = barniz (which is glossy and makes wood shine)

Different grades of Varnish = different shine levels.... from kinda dull to extremely shiny like the floor in a gym or basketball court.

:)