I have been told that anything other than a water based dye can interefere with the epoxy/wood bond.

This board had a thread about a month ago discussing the use of water based aniline dye - I think one of the posts had links for sources of the dye.

> question: could I use stain (like "minwax") on some strips
> before assembly to give me two (or more) colored strips for accent - after
> pre-treating the soft wood with their conditioner? I'm planing to use
> pine.