: After my near fatal epoxy disaster the other day (a few posts down)
: which is now fixed with hopefully no issue, I found some
: aftermath from the cleanup. Apparently some of the vinegar I
: used while cleaning managed to get onto a few spots of my
: unfinished still stapled hull. This vinegar reacted with the
: steel staples and left some grey stains soaked into the wood at
: around 10-12 staples maybe.. I have never heard of this staining
: technique or vinegar reacting with steel so it was kind of
: another shock when I found the spots today. Why do the mistakes
: come when so close to the finish line!?!

: The thing is though.. I kind of like the color of the stains! It's
: kind of a grey weathered wood color.
: Has anyone tried, or do you think it would work, to mix up a batch
: of vinegar/steel wool stain and just stain the whole hull?
: Would the dried vinegar/steel solution react at all with the epoxy?

: Kind of a bummer, but I can live with the couple small spots that
: are already there (assuming I can't remove them), but thought it
: might look cool with a totally grey weathered look. Of course
: I'd test a couple scrap strips first before just doing it..
: Any thoughts?

It's called ebonizing, might do a web search on that.

Bill H.