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Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
By:george jung
Date: 7/2/2011, 3:30 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Stain/Dye *PIC* (Ben B)

: 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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Strip: Stain/Dye
Bryan Hansel -- 6/30/2011, 6:39 pm
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
Joy -- 6/30/2011, 8:20 pm
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:16 am
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Dwight Lynn -- 6/30/2011, 8:39 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:14 am
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Dwight Lynn -- 7/1/2011, 5:50 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 7/1/2011, 1:01 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 1:53 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/1/2011, 7:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 1:55 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/2/2011, 6:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/3/2011, 7:53 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/2/2011, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:30 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:29 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/1/2011, 10:10 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 10:45 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/1/2011, 10:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye *PIC*
Ben B -- 7/2/2011, 11:07 am
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george jung -- 7/2/2011, 3:30 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/2/2011, 11:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:45 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/3/2011, 8:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 1:56 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:02 am
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Joy -- 7/2/2011, 8:48 am
Picture *PIC*
Joy -- 7/2/2011, 5:35 pm
Re: Picture
Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:47 am
Re: Picture
Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2011, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 7/2/2011, 10:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:49 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2011, 11:08 am
Black Stain/Dye
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/5/2011, 1:09 am