BrianM
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Here are a couple of my recent pens. The purple one is curly maple dyed with TransTint.
Purple Curly Maple and two others
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hehndc
Member
Brian:
Nice deep color on the wood. That purple is outstanding. Pressure pot, by chance?
Steve
Nice deep color on the wood. That purple is outstanding. Pressure pot, by chance?
Steve
KnB Polymers
Member
Awesome pens! Love the purple one!
boxerman
Member
Beautiful pens.
BrianM
Member
Thanks for the comments
No pressure pot, just turned the pen and rubbed on the dye prior to the CA finish.
The purple pen has haunted me for the last couple of weeks. My cousins wife wanted a PURPLE pen. She already has a pepper mill made of purple heart and wanted a pen that was purple as well. I tried several pieces of PH and every single one turned brown when I applied CA. I finally gave up and decided on using wood dye (I asked her first). I really like how it turned out.
No pressure pot, just turned the pen and rubbed on the dye prior to the CA finish.
The purple pen has haunted me for the last couple of weeks. My cousins wife wanted a PURPLE pen. She already has a pepper mill made of purple heart and wanted a pen that was purple as well. I tried several pieces of PH and every single one turned brown when I applied CA. I finally gave up and decided on using wood dye (I asked her first). I really like how it turned out.
johncrane
Member
They look really good Brian!
purple heart
Purple heart turns brown when you cut it, but will return to purple over time. You can also force it to turn purple by letting it get hot in the sunlight. I usually put it on the dash of my truck on a couple of hot days.
I haven't done this, but I also imagine you could get it hot with friction on the lathe.
Purple heart turns brown when you cut it, but will return to purple over time. You can also force it to turn purple by letting it get hot in the sunlight. I usually put it on the dash of my truck on a couple of hot days.
I haven't done this, but I also imagine you could get it hot with friction on the lathe.
Toni
Member
WOW great looking pens!!
toyotaman
Member
Great purple pen. Outstanding color. Where did you get the dyes at? Liquid or powder? Looking foward to trying this.
BrianM
Member
I picked up the dye at Woodcraft. I used the liquid TransTints and mixed 10-15 drops in about 2 Tablespoons of denatured alcohol. Applied with a shop towel.
SDB777
Member
Nice pens.
Scott
Scott
flippedcracker
Member
Wow, that purple is sharp. I'm going to have to try that.