Admiralty Stains from Caldercraft are a new brand of stains engineered for use by modellers. All Admiralty Stains are Waterbased.A single coat, applied with a lint free cloth / tissue, gives a good colour which can be darkened to individual modellers tastes with further coats. It should be noted that these are not a standard generic colour wood stains but Caldercraft's own stains specifically developed to produce an accurate colour.