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Colouring wood with dye

Tiny James

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I'm looking at colouring some maple wood blank would you think airbrushing acrylic ink would be suitable for this purpose I only ask as I have lots of airbrushing ink ??



I tried to use Hampshire wax but put the sanding sealer on before the wax and it didn't work silly me I should have done my research first. maybe next time

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Tiny James

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The air gun ink has very good properties and is very color fast and a lot of the ink goes on wood (art) coming to think about it.

William thanks for the reply also Mark thanks for the reply.


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Penpal

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Only after turning down and yes it will work,best not to sand too fine before using it to assist penetration.

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geordie0928

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Try useing "ANILINE WOOD DYE", they do a range of colours, you get it from ebay for about £6. I've used it on guitar's, now going to use it on pens.
From ebay:
ANILINE WOOD DYE Powder & Stains for Electric Guitar finishes in 8 colours.
These are top quality Aniline Wood Dye powders, in 15gm packets, that can be used individually or intermixed with the others to produce an endless range of creative colours. With these dyes some of the hard to produce vintage electric guitar finish colours can be achieved, such as Sunbursts or Blonde colours. Works best on flamed or quilted maple tops.

They are traditionally used in two ways;

Firstly they can mixed with different carriers such as; Thinners, Acetone or Alcohol then applied to the wood surface with a brush, sponge or cloth. Excess dye should be removed before it drys. When fully dry it can be sprayed over with a lacquer of your choice.

Secondly, the Aniline Dye powder can be mixed directly into a lacquer and thinners for spraying onto a guitar's wood body. This way subtle tinted lacquers can be achieved.




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wm460

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Half finished blank using Ubeaut colour.
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