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Gentlemen,
I only hope that you are not overinterpretating a debatable source. Is there any chance to get a untranslated copy of this parts list? With the unaltered german text? It's a parts list, not a painting instruction.
I am not sure if you are on the right way with those austrian stains.
As far as I can read, the only stain which is noted on the parts list is 'mocha brown'. I am sure that you can get mocha brown wood stain in every DIY shop all over the US. This proves nothing.
I am not a wood worker, but I can remember my father who was. Staining was not only made for colouring, but also gives some form of protection. Who says that this brown stain was used on the outside of the wing...?
Azin violet, New True Green and Azure are pigments. Not stains. You can make stains from pigments, if they are fine enough, but you can make paints also. If I re-translate them, I find that Neues Echtgrün is a standard pigment still widely available, also Azinblau, Azinviolett. Azure is a too unsharp designation, but of course there are azure pigments.
Azinblau/ Azinviolet are Teerfarben, also Echtgrün. Anilin based pigments, aren't they? Those pigments are still in the BASF catalogue and any other pigment catalogues. You don't need any austrian stains to obtain them.
'Lasur' is neither a brand name nor any specíal designation. It simply means 'non-opaque' or 'glaze' or 'transparent paint'.
Is this really an invention on 1918? Did Albatros not use stains on their early D-Series also?
Ok,ok, there is a lot of questions, I know. Again, is there any chance to get an original german text?
Hans
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