Has anybody used these for staining or for any of the other uses described below - they're said to be the most light-fast of all stains and might be better than the aniline dyes usually recommended. The tones might also be more suitable for wooden boats since they are made from naturally-occuring substances.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx ... ,190,42996
Thanks!
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I'm not familiar with the product, but if there's one resource for expert wood finishing advice, I would go to:
http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/phpBB2/portal.php
Home of Homestead Finishing: http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/index.htm
Jeff Jewitt has written a couple of well received wood finishing books and will give you excellent advice.
http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/phpBB2/portal.php
Home of Homestead Finishing: http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/index.htm
Jeff Jewitt has written a couple of well received wood finishing books and will give you excellent advice.
Hi, Dean,
Yeah, mixing with epoxy was one use that I thought might be possible. Keeping the tint uniform from batch to batch might be a problem, unless there are precise amounts weighed out beforehand for each batch.
I went ahead and bought the set - the colors are more natural when mixed with white paint than the commercial marine enamels which often have an industrial-grade look to them. I'll probably be painting the outside of my Huron with something more durable than varnish and don't want to go with black graphite ( the varnish scratching from last year's use is just terrible) and I like the traditional color schemes of cedar/canvas canoes, so I'm experimenting with various combinations to see what matches the inside cedar tones best.
There's also the possiblity of adding these to varnish and using them water-based to stain cedar strips, but I haven't tried these other uses yet.
Yeah, mixing with epoxy was one use that I thought might be possible. Keeping the tint uniform from batch to batch might be a problem, unless there are precise amounts weighed out beforehand for each batch.
I went ahead and bought the set - the colors are more natural when mixed with white paint than the commercial marine enamels which often have an industrial-grade look to them. I'll probably be painting the outside of my Huron with something more durable than varnish and don't want to go with black graphite ( the varnish scratching from last year's use is just terrible) and I like the traditional color schemes of cedar/canvas canoes, so I'm experimenting with various combinations to see what matches the inside cedar tones best.
There's also the possiblity of adding these to varnish and using them water-based to stain cedar strips, but I haven't tried these other uses yet.