question about making wood dye

Bruce Evans

Bruce Evans

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I know you guys have talked about this before,I just couldn't find it.
Could someone give me the formula that they are using to make a stain-Dye from rit dye and varathane please.I am needing to stain up some curly maple and wanted to try this.
Thanks,
Bruce
 
Bruce; This is what I just used on some choke cherry burl with red rit. In a quart mason jar 50/50 miniwax wood hardener and acetone, then put in a hole package of rit and mix well. I kept it in the mason jar for 2 weeks.
 
Thanks George.
Have you tried pulling a vaccum on this and seeing how far through a handle size block of wood it will go.I am wanting to dye and stabilize the blocks and then shape them or cut them into scales later when needed.
Bruce
 
Thats what I did also, 50 / 50 with the hardener and acetone, but I put in as much as the liquid would dissolve for dye about a 1 1/2 packs, came out nice and red.

Bill
 
I recently tried this, but left out the acetone and only gave it a week to soak. Didn't work. Gotta give it another shot.
 
Did that too. Put some birdseye maple in a jar off acetone/wood hardener with a packet of scarlet Rit dye. Came out red and the I ground and sawed the wood, I saw that the dye went all the way through. Worked great. I was setting the thong hole tube into the handle and accidentally messed it up with the hammer and split it though. :( :o
 
Bruce: I should have said that, I use the mason jars as a vacuum chamber and pull 24" of vacuum for 2 weeks. It does go all the way thru. I also put them in a pressure pot to dry.
 
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