reducing?

[essentialcycle]

I want to do some work on a rear bike fender. My helmet did't hold the primer, so I set it aside until I can get it sanded down again. Anyways, I have some AA semi-opaque chrome yellow and some candy rootbeer. I also have a rather large bottle of Future floor finish. Can I use this stuff to reduce my paints? If soo, should I use the same ratio as AA reccomends? Can I reduce the candy with this stuff too? AA says to use trans. base for the cansy, but I don't have any. I'm goin for a woodgrain look. I put down some white primer, some light blonde, the I'll go over with the rest. I just need to know if I can reduce with this. I keep reading about people using Future, but don't want to mess this one up! Please help!!!

[Frog]

I cant get the stuff so cant say from experience but I do remember you mix the future 50/50 with water then thin your AA as needed.
I have been told the future works realy well, but as I said I have not tried it.
Good luck

[essentialcycle]

so, frog, do you think this might be the same? Everywher I read they sat y either. But I'm confused. By the way, how is Spain this time a year? I'm gonna wait a little for sme more input too. But thanks for the advice!

[Clinton]

I tried the Future just for the hell of it about 2 months ago, didn't work for me. Turns my paint into big globs of clotting crap. I use on a regular basis 50% Fanastic to 50% distilled water, mix that to the desired consistancy. The 4011 or 4010 reducer is just as good as that mix just more $$.
The reson for the transparent base is the UV protection, candies by themselves will fade in time that's why you mix 50/50 with the trans base. You don't normaly needt o thin the canies at all, if any maybe 5-10%. I don't use the candies that much any more as they just don't seem to give that big of a difference if you use the transparents right,