How can I color wood in vacume stabilizer?

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I have some over sized scale pieces of redwood burl,few years old so its dry, I mixed a tsp. of japan color(blue & red) with 1/2 cup thinner, I dropped the wood in and pulled a vacume with the seal a meal left it on its side for three days, took the wood out and put it on a cookie sheet in the oven with only the oven light on that about 80 degrees, it stayed there for two days. I took the wood out to the shop and I was able to sand through the color...My plan was to vacume it again in Minwax-hardner. Is there a better way? Thanks in advance guys. ps God bless our Troops
 
I've been using Rit dyes you can buy in the grocery store for awhile now. I mix it right into the wood hardener and acetone. I think Indian George has played around with paint pigments (like when they mix paints at the store). He'll probably chime in here.
 
j. Is right I have used the paint pigment. It works well for the about 3 usages. I havn't tried the Rit liquid dye. Tom Militano said that he has good sucess with it.
 
ok from my first post I had no luck with stain pigment/thinner. I took 1/2 a container of wood hardner and 1/3 pkg of denim blue rit dye powder I put in two pieces of redwood burl 3/4 x 2 x 7 I pulled a vacume on them yesterday afternoon by this morning all the bubbles were gone I oped er up flip the wood around and pulled a vacume again, no bubbles at all so Im assuming the wood has absorbed all it can. Ill pull em out tonight and put the wood in the oven with the light on. I think I used to much powdered dye, The wood is dark blue I cant tell if the burl ring are showing through or not I wont see that till toomorrow morning. I wanted to find turquise colored die but no luck And I was sick of looking so I settled for blue,thats cool...Only time will tell. Thanks for the tip....
 
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