Black Stain

[Dennis Faz]

Good afternoon all,
I'm looking for some advice on darking a quart of black stain (water based). I watched the video about adding some india ink to the black stain but not sure how much I should add to the quart. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Phil Phelps]

Good afternoon all,
I'm looking for some advice on darking a quart of black stain (water based). I watched the video about adding some india ink to the black stain but not sure how much I should add to the quart. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Have you already tried it and it doesn't penetrate to the black you desire?

[Dennis Faz]

Haven't tried it yet, but the customer wants it "BLACK". I will be applying it on some maple ply. I've done it in the past and it usually takes about 4 coats. I saw the india ink video and thought I could cut down on the number of coats.

[Danny Thompson]

If you don't get satisfactory results with the India Ink process, consider the Brian Boggs method of ebonizing. He details the process in a recent issue of Popular Woodworking that happens to be posted online:

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Ebonizing_Wood/

[Todd Carpenter]

Anybody have a link for this India ink video?

[Dennis Faz]

Here is the link;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxQ4sBPoqEk