color dyes

[tony tomlinson]

Could someone share their experience or direct me to a good source of info featuring the use of color dyes on wood?

Many thanks

Tony
Portland,Or

[Jim Burr]

Calling John Keeton and Steve Schlumph! The Dye Brothers!

[John Hart]

I was just reading up on kool-aid as a wood dye.

There you go....the grand sum of my knowledge.

Whew! That was an ear-full, eh?

[Steve Schlumpf]

Tony,

Here are a couple of threads that may explain what it is I do for dying my work. About the only change is that I would suggest using TransTint dyes a lot more often than RIT because they are reported to fade less over time.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?121497-Hollow-Form-Color-Experiment
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?121669-Finished-Product-of-HF-Color-Experiment

[Dan Hintz]

About the only change is that I would suggest using TransTint dyes a lot more often than RIT because they are reported to fade less over time.
I don't dye, but I can second Steve's suggestion to use TransTint over RIT. RIT is an organic dye, and these have a (deserved) reputation for fading over time due to air and/or UV exposure... if you keep your turning in an air-tight closet you'll be okay ;) RIT is often used by home-shop anodizers, and black is one of the worst for fade resistance. TransTint dyes are inorganic compounds and do not suffer from such maladies.

[Cathy Schaewe]

Check out some of Joe Landon's work on the AAW site (and WoW too, I think), and then see here for a tutorial on how he does it -
http://lumberjocks.com/trifern/blog/9400

[Rob Cunningham]

I've only dyed one small turning but I have used dyes a lot in my furniture. I use TransTint . They will mix with many different carriers.

[David T gray]

just do a black base the sand it back then do a color over it pretty simple imo great results always.