: great action
: what is the consistency of the dyes used - like water? What stops the dye
: edge from migrating sideways into the outline strip - do you have it
: masked and the the glue line stops the sideways migration. or is careful
: application(painting) and the glue line enough?

: Do you have a comment about resists on the surface - like say in a small area
: you seal coated only specific parts, dyed over the whole area and wiped
: off the dye so it wiped off where the seal was? Or do you think there
: would be migration under the seal coat edge partway?

: neat method, i can't wait to see what the effect is when glassed.

: -mick

Mick,
This project has a few extras in it. The front of the kayak is made as white as possible with NWC. I inlaid dark cedar to outline the flames on the deck and the side of the hull. This kept the dyes from migrating to more areas. I also used an idea from carver friend of mine. We outlined the dark cedar with a burning tool to burn a small grove on both sides of the inlay. This also limited the dye from spreading to the deck material.
The dyes come from a totally different area. I am a fly fisher and dye a lot of my own material. I have over 60 different colours of aniline dyes all use water and vinegar to set the colour in the cup. The complete set cover all the colours in the rainbow and include flourescent dyes. The colours on the kayak are flo yellow blended with orange and crimson. The yellow is laid down first. It has four to five applications of yellow. Two to three applications of orange is then laid over the yellow. Red is applied the same way. To blend the red into a nicer colour I coated the red with orange to give it a nicer red/orange. Some of the dye did get on the inlay but I let it dry and later hand sanded the extra off with 180 grit and use a thin steel guide to protect the dyed area. The wood grain still stands out nicely.
I did remove the dried dyes at least three times from the deck to repair some goof ups and it cleans up quite nicely.
A test piece of cedar was covered with glass and epoxy. When I tried to rip the glass off alot of wood was removed. So the epoxy penetrated through the dye with no problem. Regards, Erich.