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Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 7/3/2011, 12:35 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Stain/Dye (george jung)

: :

: I played with 'ebonizing' after the last thread on the topic; what
: I found was it's easy to get a 'black', but you lose any grain.
: Also, since it's a water-based concoction, it raises the wood.
: Could this be done using alcohol instead?

Alcohol won't disolve the iron and it's the iron that colors the wood.

The raised grain really doesn't matter under the glass, you'll never see it, most people sand the surface too smooth before they glass to start with, shouldn't be any smoother than what you get with about 80/100 grit sandpaper. Sanding with finer grit paper just work hardens the wood and gives the epoxy nothing to bond to.

Bill H.

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Strip: Stain/Dye
Bryan Hansel -- 6/30/2011, 6:39 pm
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Joy -- 6/30/2011, 8:20 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:16 am
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Dwight Lynn -- 6/30/2011, 8:39 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:14 am
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Dwight Lynn -- 7/1/2011, 5:50 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 7/1/2011, 1:01 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 1:53 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/1/2011, 7:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 1:55 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/2/2011, 6:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/3/2011, 7:53 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/2/2011, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:30 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:29 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/1/2011, 10:10 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 10:45 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/1/2011, 10:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:01 am
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Ben B -- 7/2/2011, 11:07 am
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george jung -- 7/2/2011, 3:30 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/2/2011, 11:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:45 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/3/2011, 8:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 1:56 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:02 am
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Joy -- 7/2/2011, 8:48 am
Picture *PIC*
Joy -- 7/2/2011, 5:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:47 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2011, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 7/2/2011, 10:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:49 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2011, 11:08 am
Black Stain/Dye
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/5/2011, 1:09 am