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CIT8 Kromoroller stain concentrate, blue

Concentrated solvent-borne Kromoroller pigment stain in blue (made by Milesi). Cut 5–20x with S10/S12/S90 thinner (500–2000 % by weight) before use. Lightfast, bright, evens out blotchy substrate colour and does not raise the grain. Spray, spray-and-wipe, wipe or roller-coat; with CIC12 wiping binder it picks out the pores on open-grain timber (oak, ash). Can be topcoated with NC, PU, polyester and acid-cat (КФ) lacquers (the other CIT colour pages say UV instead).

  • Colouring veneer and solid wood under a clear finish
  • Evening out colour variation in timber
  • Pore highlighting on oak and ash (with CIC12, wiped)
  • Mixing custom shades with the other CIT colours
  • Roller-coating flat panels (5–15 g/m²)
  • Automatic spray lines (official PE high-gloss coffin schedule)

Mix calculator

g
Thinner1,250.0 %

When: Always — the concentrate is never used neat. More thinner = lighter, more transparent tone.

Additive

Ratio 100 : 1,250.0

ComponentWeigh out
CIT8part A37.0 g
S10 / S12 / S90Thinner463 g
Total500 g

Covers roughly 5.56 m² at 90 g/m².

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Mixing matrix

  • S10 / S12 / S90Thinner
    % by weight: 500–2000 %official% by volume: 500–2000 %official

    Always — the concentrate is never used neat. More thinner = lighter, more transparent tone.

    Dealer table gives the same 500–2000 % by weight and volume for S10/S12/S90.

  • S10Thinner
    % by weight: 500–2000 %official

    Fine-pored timber (beech, birch, maple, alder); fast flash, automatic lines.

    Catalogue: S10 = fast, strong solvency; stains on fine-pored wood.

  • S12Thinner
    % by weight: 500–2000 %official

    Medium-pored timber; medium evaporation — fewer lap marks when hand-spraying.

    Catalogue: S12 = medium evaporation, stains on medium-pored wood.

  • S90Thinner
    % by weight: 500–2000 %official

    Open-grain timber (oak, ash), wiping, large panels, hot shop — gives open time to work stain into the pores.

    Catalogue: S90 = slow evaporation, stains on open-pored wood. Dealer: 'slow stain thinner'.

  • LZC97Thinner
    % by weight: 500–2000 %official% by volume: 500–2000 %official

    Listed on the official page as an alternative (Milesi) thinner.

    No LZC97 page anywhere; dealer does not stock it. The LZC series on t-color.ru are Milesi PU thinners (LZC70, LZC1051, LZC8643), so LZC97 is probably a Milesi thinner. The CIT8 page also lists it as a binder, but every other CIT colour page has CFS1 in that slot, so that is most likely a page typo.

  • CIC11 / CIC12 / LZC97Additive
    % by weight: 0–40 %official% by volume: 0–40 %official

    Binder: optional; needed for wipe-on application and pore highlighting.

    Every other CIT colour page (CIT1/2/3/9/9280) lists CIC11/CIC12/CFS1 as binders; LZC97 in this row on the CIT8 page is most likely a typo.

  • CIC12Additive
    % by weight: 20–30 %dealer

    Wiping application, pore highlighting on oak/ash.

    Dealer: CIC12 = Kromoroller wiping binder for CIT stains, 'added to the ready CIT stain at 20–30 %'; viscosity 53 ± 3 (cup not stated), full dry 3–4 h at 20 °C.

Percentages are per 100 parts of component A.

Characteristics

Viscosity
28 ± 2 sdealer
Spray viscosity
10–13 s DIN4recommended
Lightfastness
good (хорошая устойчивость к свету)official
Grain raising
does not raise the grain (не поднимает ворс)official
Hiding
evens out substrate colour variation (отлично выравнивает разнотон подложки)dealer
Drying · Before topcoat (min)
5–10 minschedule
Drying · Touch-dry
5–15 minrecommended
Drying · With binder, full dry (h)
3–4 hdealer
Drying · Conditions
20 °C
Binder-compatible topcoats
NC,PU,polyester,КФ (acid-cat) / УФofficial

Colours

  • CIT8 · blue

Application

HVLP

Consumption
80–100 g/m²official
Nozzle
1–1.3 mmrecommended
Pressure · air
1.5–2 bar inletrecommended
Pressure · fluid
gravity cup or 0.5–1.0 bar pot pressurerecommended
Spray viscosity
10–13 s DIN4recommended
Coats
1–2 coatsrecommended
Flash-off
5–10 minschedule
Sanding between coats
Do not sand the stain coat itself; sand only the first sealer coat lightlyrecommended

Lay one even wet coat with 50 % overlap, gun square to the work; end grain and edges soak up colour and go darker — move faster over them.

Conventional spray

Consumption
80–100 g/m²official
Nozzle
1–1.2 mmrecommended
Pressure · air
2–3 bar at gunrecommended
Spray viscosity
10–13 s DIN4recommended
Flash-off
5–10 minschedule

Airmix (air-assisted airless)

Consumption
80–100 g/m²official
Nozzle
0.18–0.23 mm (tip 0.007–0.009 in)recommended
Pressure · fluid
10–20 barrecommended
Pressure · air
1–2 barofficial

Official methods page: airmix fluid up to 20 bar, air 1–2 bar; for stain start at the low end and raise only until the fan's tails disappear.

Airless

Consumption
80–100 g/m²official
Nozzle
0.18–0.23 mm (tip 0.007–0.009 in)recommended
Pressure · fluid
40–80 barrecommended
Why this method
The schedule only says 'automatic spray, booth with one reciprocator' for the CIT step (airless is named only for the ETS50 primer steps); airless/airmix are the usual guns on such lines

Official schedule: CIT sprayed automatically in a booth with one reciprocator (gun type not stated), 80–100 g/m², 5–10 min at 20 °C before ETS50 polyester primer.

Cloth or pad

Consumption
80–100 g/m²official
Nozzle
1.2–1.4 mm (HVLP)recommended
Pressure · air
1.5–2 bar inletrecommended

Flood on by spray, let it sit 1–3 min (longer with S90), then wipe across and finally along the grain with a rag or pad, packing colour into the pores. Best with 20–30 % CIC12.

Cloth or pad

Consumption
40–60 g/m²dealer

Roller

Consumption
5–15 g/m²official

Roller-coat flat panels only; the methods page gives roller films of 5–20 g/m².

Process and compatibility

Substrate preparation
Sand bare wood P150–P180 (schedule); remove dust. Stain directly on bare woodschedule
Goes over
bare wood
Sanding
Never sand the stained surface directly; denib only after the first sealer/primer coat (P320–P400)recommended
Best on
Any timber; best effect on large-pored hardwoods — oak, ashdealer
Temperature and humidity
18–25 °C, RH 50–70 %; above ~25 °C or on large panels switch S10 → S12/S90recommended
Don'ts
  • Don't use the concentrate neat
  • Don't sand the stain coat
  • Don't seal before it's dry (min 5–10 min at 20 °C; 3–4 h with CIC12)
  • Don't load it on heavy — you'll get stripes and colour runs

Storage

Packaging
1 l,5 ldealer

Safety: Flammable: solvent-borne. Spray in a booth with extraction, wear an A2 organic-vapour respirator and nitrile gloves; lay wiping rags flat or soak in water before disposal.

Used in finishing systems

Mixed into

CIC12 / LZC97

Sources

Value tags: “official”, “dealer”, “catalog”, “schedule” are Technocolor data; “workshop” is from our own datasheets; “recommended” is our engineering estimate (hover to see the reasoning).

Not covered by the sources
  • solids_pct
  • density
  • pot_life (1K, n/a)
  • shelf_life
  • storage_temp
  • official TDS/SDS PDF (none found online)
  • LZC97 identity (no page; binder slot likely typo for CFS1)
  • CIC11 details (no dealer page)
  • exact basis for binder 0–40 %
  • full drying times of stain without binder
  • flash point
  • CFS1 details (binder on sibling pages; no page)