It's my first time using water soluble Lockwood dye and I've dyed a poplar bench too orange.
I'd like to move the color of the bench into a lighter brown and take out the sting of the orange.
I did a test piece and the color is dead on but I did a poor job of projecting the small test to a large object.
I applied the dye 2 days ago over Charles Neil's pre color conditioner.
I used light golden brown walnut water soluble dye in a 2 teaspoons to 1 pint water mix. So there is a good amount of dye on the wood.
The only Lockwood dyes I have on hand that contain some cooler blue hues are antique mahogany and ebony black. I am open to purchasing more dye if I need to.
My questions:
Will wiping the piece with a wet rag or brushing on water alone take out some of the dye and mute the light golden brown walnut dye?
Will brushing or wiping a watery mix of ebony, antique mahogany or another color shift the orange into brown?
Any other suggestions to achieve a lighter less orange color?
I was planning to use Prashun's wipe on poly recipe over the dyed bench in a week or so once it dries. There are less visible components I can test on but I wanted to see if I could get advice first.
Thank you for your time and any advice you can give me.
Evan