: Hey Bryan,
: I agree with the Green Valley Boat Works page. I tried different
: concentrations and different number of layers of 2 different
: stains, black and macassar.
:
: http://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/products/wood-finishes/wood-stains/water-based-stain.htm#tabstop
: I wanted black as it's a BLACK Pearl. (those that go for white or
: red(!) Black Pearls are strangely misguided! ;¬) ) The macassar
: colour looked a bit brown so I went for the black stain which
: ended up a bit strong perhaps (2 coats of 50% dilution) . . . on
: the regular coloured cedar and looks brown on the lighter
: 'figured' cedar I used on the deck. (The central strip is ash in
: the photo above.) This had lighter areas that didn't take the
: stain so readily.
: The other problem I had was small areas that were still covered
: with the epoxy used to glue the strips together and left over
: after the sanding. Difficult to pick up until you put on a first
: coat of stain. These I touched in with some oil paint.
: (wondered about some destructive testing of the test piece to see
: just how strong the layup is)
: . . . Ben
I played with 'ebonizing' after the last thread on the topic; what I found was it's easy to get a 'black', but you lose any grain. Also, since it's a water-based concoction, it raises the wood. Could this be done using alcohol instead?
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