Been playing with stabilizing

[Brooks803]

I picked up a nice stash of wood recently and decided to play around with some cactus juice. Here are some of my favs so far.

Before:



After (different piece of wood, but from the same block):



Its spalted sycamore:



Then we have some buckeye burl:



Last is box elder burl:



All blanks were triple dyed except the solid orange BEB.

 

[Carl Fisher]

Love the box elder!

 

[mark james]

I love the Orange BEB!!!

I need some driveway reflectors :tongue:...

 

[Cwalker935]

Those look awesome. How do you triple dye? I could not find any tutorials in the library.

 

[Jim Burr]

Dude!!! You are on a roll!!! I have yet to try a dye, yours is stiring the imagination pot!!

 

[jyreene]

Nice. They look better in person. Can't wait to see them turned.

 

[lorbay]

Sweet I like em

Lin

 

[wyone]

I second that you need to post how to triple dye.. looks awesome

 

[mtassie]

I like them!! Some day I'll have time to do that

 

[BSea]

Very cool Jonathon. I like the buckeye & boxelder the best.

 

[wwneko]

VERY COOL, "how do you do that?" definitely comes to mind...

 

[Edward Cypher]

I did some double dyes but I can't imagine how you triple dyed. If you cook it for the first two colors there is nothing left for the third color to penetrate. I double dyed the way Curtis and George posted to do. Would be interested in this technique. Nice job, Fantastic.

 

[Cwalker935]

Here is the thread for double dyeing:

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f43/help-how-double-dye-blanks-vacuum-124153/

 

[S.A.Mappin]

Awesome coloration!

 

[Brooks803]

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

And thanks for the link on the double dye methods. I do things a bit different though. Let me "perfect" my method before I start any type of tutorial. I've got another batch on it's third color today. We'll see how they come out in about a week.

 

[flyitfast]

Cactus Juice really works well with colors.
Now I am really getting closer to giving it a try.
Your blanks are really great with the multiple colors.
gordon