CQS3
CQS3 Patina, red (solvent-borne)
Solvent-borne red patina. Sprayed over PU or acrylic primers/enamels; after a short flash the excess is wiped back by hand with a Scotch-Brite pad or steel wool so the colour stays in the pores, profile recesses and on edges, giving an aged / decapé look. Fast-drying, easy to wipe back, very low consumption. Must be top-coated with a clear lacquer.
- Ageing (patinating) indoor furniture and wooden items
- Red patina in the pores of open-pore oak (decapé) — over light/white enamel or clear primer
- Patina over enamel on profiled cabinet doors
- Finishing PU foam / polyurethane and polystone mouldings
- 'Stone' effect (dripped dye/patina + S10), ageing metallised enamel
Mix calculator
Ask about CQS3
Answers are based on the CQS3 data and the products it mixes with.
Mixing matrix
- % by weight: 100–200 %official% by volume: 100–200 %official
Standard reduction for spraying (official page and dealer).
S2000 is the dedicated patina thinner; S10 (listed by the dealer as the polyester thinner) makes the patina harder to wipe back.
Wider range per the 2025–2026 catalog — for a more transparent, lighter patina.
Catalog gives 100–300 % without stating weight or volume basis.
- S10Thinner% by weight: 100 %schedule
t-color.ru schedules: decapé oak (acrylic), open-pore oak doors (acrylic), PU-foam items (PU).
1:1 with S10; 80–100 g/m² (decapé and PU-foam schedules; the open-pore schedule gives no consumption).
- ethanolThinner
When the patina must wipe back more easily (subtle patina, large hand-wiped areas).
Dealer: reduced with ethyl alcohol the patina wipes off more easily, with S10 it is harder to remove. No ratio given (suggestion, not manufacturer data: start at the same 100–200 %).
- S10Thinner
Catalog special effects: 'stone' — CQS/CTU and S10 spattered as drops at minimum gun pressure. (The 'wash-out' effect, S10 over fresh patina, is shown for CQS 21–26 but works the same way with CQS3.)
No ratios given; S10 used neat.
| Role | Material | % by weight | % by volume | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinner | S10 / S2000 | 100–200 %official | 100–200 %official | Standard reduction for spraying (official page and dealer).S2000 is the dedicated patina thinner; S10 (listed by the dealer as the polyester thinner) makes the patina harder to wipe back. |
| Thinner | S10 / S2000 | — | — | Wider range per the 2025–2026 catalog — for a more transparent, lighter patina.Catalog gives 100–300 % without stating weight or volume basis. |
| Thinner | S10 | 100 %schedule | — | t-color.ru schedules: decapé oak (acrylic), open-pore oak doors (acrylic), PU-foam items (PU).1:1 with S10; 80–100 g/m² (decapé and PU-foam schedules; the open-pore schedule gives no consumption). |
| Thinner | ethanol | — | — | When the patina must wipe back more easily (subtle patina, large hand-wiped areas).Dealer: reduced with ethyl alcohol the patina wipes off more easily, with S10 it is harder to remove. No ratio given (suggestion, not manufacturer data: start at the same 100–200 %). |
| Thinner | S10 | — | — | Catalog special effects: 'stone' — CQS/CTU and S10 spattered as drops at minimum gun pressure. (The 'wash-out' effect, S10 over fresh patina, is shown for CQS 21–26 but works the same way with CQS3.)No ratios given; S10 used neat. |
Percentages are per 100 parts of component A.
Characteristics
- Drying · Full cure
- 0.16666666666666666 hdealer
- Drying · Full dry (min)
- 10 mindealer
- Drying · Before wipe-back (min)
- 5–10 minschedule
- Drying · Conditions
- 20 °C (dealer); 20–25 °C (schedules)
- Fast drying
- yescatalog
Colours
- CQS3 · red
Application
Conventional spray
- Consumption
- 80–100 g/m²official
- Coats
- 1schedule
- Flash-off
- 5–10 minschedule
- Nozzle
- 1.2–1.4 mmrecommended
- Pressure · air
- 1.5–2.5 bar at gun inletrecommended
- Spray viscosity
- ≈11–14 s DIN4 (practically solvent-thin)recommended
Spray a light, even wet coat, filling pores and profile recesses; don't flood. After 5–10 min wipe back with a Scotch-Brite pad (07448, S UFN) or No.2 steel wool along the grain / over the edges.
HVLP
- Consumption
- 80–100 g/m²official
- Nozzle
- 1.2–1.4 mmrecommended
- Pressure · air
- 1.5–2 bar at gun inlet (trigger pulled), cap ≤0.7recommended
Narrow the fan for profiles. Gun distance 15–20 cm.
Airmix (air-assisted airless)
- Nozzle
- 0.18–0.23 mm (07–09 thou), fine-finish tiprecommended
- Pressure · fluid
- 4–8 barrecommended
- Pressure · air
- 1–1.5 barrecommended
Only worth it on production lines; hand wipe-back still required.
Cloth or pad
Officially 'spray + rub': after spraying the patina is rubbed / wiped back by hand with Scotch-Brite or steel wool.
Process and compatibility
- Substrate preparation
- Apply over cured PU or acrylic primer/enamel. t-color.ru schedules: decapé oak — APS20, sand P240–P320 + K120 pads, then APL20 enamel and the patina on it (after 1.5 h at 30–35 °C, enamel not sanded); open-pore oak — ATS20, sand P240–P320 + K60–K80 pads, then patina directly on the primer; PU foam — PPS20040, K120 pads, PPL20 enamel (4 h dry), then patina.schedule
- Sanding
- In the t-color.ru schedules the excess is wiped back: Scotch-Brite 07448 / S UFN (oak), No.2 steel wool (PU foam). The special-effects catalog also describes 'sanded after drying', leaving patina in pores, recesses and on edges.schedule
- Temperature and humidity
- 20–25 °C for application and flash (schedules).schedule
- Don'ts
- Don't leave the patina without a clear lacquer — it is not a topcoat.
- Don't apply over uncured primer/enamel — it grabs everywhere and won't wipe back.
- Don't wait too long before wiping back: past ~10 min it gets harder, especially when reduced with S10.
- Don't flood it — 80–100 g/m² is already the reduced wet amount.
Storage
- Packaging
- 1 л,5 лdealer
- Aerosol
- CQS70 — патина в аэрозоле (цветные/металлизированные), колеровка под заказ от 24 шт.catalog
Safety: Solvent-borne: flammable. Spray in a ventilated booth, wear an organic-vapour respirator and gloves; keep patina-soaked rags and pads in a closed metal bin.
Used in finishing systems
Mixed into
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).
- Official page: properties, spray 80–100 g/m², thinner S10/S2000 100–200 % by weight and volume
- Dealer t-colormarket.ru: same mix table (S10/S2000 100–200 %), ethanol vs S10 note, full dry 10 min at 20 °C, packs 1 l / 5 l, 2 298 ₽/l
- Schedule: decapé oak (acr.) — CQS 100 + S10 100, 80–100 g/m², 5 min, Scotch-Brite
- Schedule: open-pore oak (acr.) — CQS 100 + S10 100, 5 min, Scotch-Brite
- Schedule: PU-foam items — CQS 100 + S10 100, 80–100 g/m², 5–10 min, steel wool No.2
- Application methods page (Airmix air 1–2 bar, fluid ≤20 bar)
- Official patina category page (found by search); no TDS PDF found; alfacolor.net CQS series page blocked by anti-bot
Not covered by the sources
- Solids % not published
- Viscosity of the as-supplied patina not published
- Density not published
- Lightfastness / chemical resistance not published (protected by topcoat)
- Shelf life and storage temperature not published
- Exact ratio when reducing with ethanol not given
- Catalog 100–300 % thinner range not stated as weight or volume
- Recoat window under specific lacquers only from schedules (immediately after wipe-back); no TDS found
- No official nozzle/pressure data — all spray parameters derived
- No official TDS PDF or SDS found online
- Schedules specify generic 'CQS' (no colour), so CQS3 use in them is by series; 'wash-out' and 'shabby chic' effects name CQS 21–26 only