First attempt at dying wood

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Here is the result of my first attempt to dye wood. It didn't turn out as I imigined, but I think it still looks unique. It is slightly curly maple dyed red with a CA finish.


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I used RIT dye to dye the blank. I turned it round to remove the extra wood and drilled it for the tubes. Since I don't have my vacuum pump set up yet I was only able to soak and use pressure, and since my seal on my pressure pot starts leaking at about 40psi it was not a lot of pressure. I was not sure what the CA would do to the dye but it worked out just fine.
 

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Jeremy,
If you want a deeper color, turn the pen and sand it to about 600 grit, then paint it with dye. I use wood dye, from CAUSA. I cut it with DNA and it dries fairly quickly, if you don't soak it too much. Hit it with 600 again, then go through MM steps, starting after 2,400. I did that with one last year and it turned out like this:
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<br />This is also my first attempt. Try it, you'll like it.
 
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