First attempt at dying wood

[armyturner]

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.

 

[bob393]

It looks good to me, the color is a little light but that's ok.

 

[sah6139]

Also looks good to me.
I have some I want I try to dye
what did you use

steve

 

[Tanner]

Very nice effort Jeremy. Do you just soak the blank or vacuum or pressure the dye in?

 

[armyturner]

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.

 

[barrels]

Nice pen, THanks for showing it. maple is very hard to dye. Next time try Box Elder Burl takes dye much better.


Eric

 

[jeffj13]

Jeremy,

Nice looking pen. That the dye is understated make the pen more attractive than if there was more color (IMHO).

jeff

 

[jkirkb94]

Still looks good to me! The women should like this one. Kirk[8D]

 

[BigRob777]

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:

<br />This is also my first attempt. Try it, you'll like it.

 

[Fred]

IMHO I think your efforts are right on the money for the wood you used. The pen is very well done. Congratulations! []

 

[kkwall]

Very subtle colouring, but I like the effect!

 

[huntersilver]

Looks good to me, great job[]