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Re: S&G: Grey or silver dye?
By:RonC
Date: 12/25/2007, 8:51 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Grey or silver dye? (DaveS)

: Thank you gentlemen!

: In all honesty, I don't want to wait any length of time for the wood to
: weather, and would also rather avoid side effects with experimental
: materials. I'm not very savvy with wood dyes, but could be as simple as
: the careful mixing of white and black dyes to form grey? Curious.

You can get the stain/sealer and it comes in a powder form. The color is sometimes called "Barnwood"

Here is one treatment that I've used on a house

http://www.valhalco.com/

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Grey or silver dye?
DaveS -- 12/23/2007, 2:03 pm
Re: S&G: Grey or silver dye?
Björn Thomasson -- 12/23/2007, 6:11 pm
Re: S&G: Grey or silver dye?
DaveS -- 12/25/2007, 10:44 am
Re: S&G: Grey or silver dye?
RonC -- 12/25/2007, 8:51 pm
old age on cedar
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/23/2007, 5:37 pm