Another maple Expierment

[ron hossack]

Interesting using the vinegar and steel wool ... I do like that look.

I played yesterday with shoe dye to see the effect it had on maple.

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[David E Keller]

It looks good, Ron. I've used food coloring for pens in the past with good success. Maple really is a great wood for coloring.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Looks good. I have used some india ink on some.

[John Keeton]

Ron, what color did you use, and was it the Fieblings?

[Steve Schlumpf]

That's intense! Would be interested to know what product you used.

[ron hossack]

Ron, what color did you use, and was it the Fieblings?
Yes John, it's the Fiebing in Med Brown that was left over from the wife's need of changing a color on a purse or shoes or whatever.

At the last pen turner meeting Russ Fairfield brought a bunch of Big Leaf Maple blanks he cut up from his firewood pile and everyone got about 6 blanks. Most were nothing spectacular but still nice so I decided to see what would happen with the dye.

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I sanded to 600grit and then swabbed it on the reel seat with the applicator. I then took a paper towel and wiped a lot of it off. Let it sit for a few minutes and took some 0000 steel wool and burnished it until I could see the pattern developing.

Last night I sanded it back to wood and re-applied the dye because I applied the CA without it being dry and it out-gassed and had a few bubbles. Will polish it up today to see how it looks but I think it's a keeper.

I have some really curly birch I'm going to try the dye on next.

[ron hossack]

That's intense! Would be interested to know what product you used.
Steve ... see my post to john ...