Funline Designer with Tinted Maple Burl

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I've been experimenting with tints lately - this is the first one that I think looked remotely presentable haha!
The pen def. has its imperfections with turning and getting everything flush...but I was more concerned with dialing in dilution of the dyes than turning a perfect pen.

The dyes used were Transtint - and they were heavily diluted. I don't think I have perfected the tints by any stretch of the imagination but I am liking the subtle coloring of this one. It almost has a faded/weathererd look.

 

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For what it's worth, I bought this Keda aneline dye sample pack from Amazon and it's going to last me a good long time. I've gotten some pretty brilliant colors from it and have hardly used any of it yet.

 

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For what it's worth, I bought this Keda aneline dye sample pack from Amazon and it's going to last me a good long time. I've gotten some pretty brilliant colors from it and have hardly used any of it yet.

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Wow, those colors are brilliant! You soak the wood before turning or after? I like the color patterns

 

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Wow, those colors are brilliant! You soak the wood before turning or after? I like the color patterns

I turned it down first. It wasn't soaked, but just dropped on with these little bottles. That was all done with red, blue, and yellow, overlapped to get the mix/transition. The wood does swell a little (at least with soft maple), so I shaved it even with a sharp skew after it dried. Sanding would make a mess of those colors. I was just having some fun to see if I could do a tie-dye like pattern, but was happy with the results, as was the customer who purchased it.

 

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I turned it down first. It wasn't soaked, but just dropped on with these little bottles. That was all done with red, blue, and yellow, overlapped to get the mix/transition. The wood does swell a little (at least with soft maple), so I shaved it even with a sharp skew after it dried. Sanding would make a mess of those colors. I was just having some fun to see if I could do a tie-dye like pattern, but was happy with the results, as was the customer who purchased it.

Right on, very cool! I think it turned out great