Coloring dyes question

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If I go to paint this is the color I'd likely pick:

https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/col ... or=2031-30

I'd rather just have a hint of green and let some of the wood grain show through but my second option is paint.

Ed

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That's kinda the point. It allows some dye thru, but evens out the penetration so you don't get blotchy areas. I've tried it (on lathe turnings only) and liked the results. Capt Eddie has a video on it somewhere on his channel. I just sealed half a piece of plywood and half a piece of MDF with Deft sanding Sealer and will let that cure a bit and hit it with some of my green dye- You got me curious! I'll post pics tomorrow...[/quote]

Looking forward to how this works out. BTW I'm a fan of the Deft product too. Our local Ace use to sell it but stopped, have to take a short road tip to find it, at Ace but a different area.

Ed

[ERLover]

Yes a sanding sealer would stop some penetration of the dye, but not so much of an oil based stain on after the sealer, depending on how porous the wood is and to what grit it was sanded to.

[ChrisNeilan]

Not the best results ever, but you may be able to see the difference. I really should have sanded the wood first. This is raw plywood off the scrap rack! The sealed section has less blotching, but not a whole big difference. The right side of the plywood was dyed full strength, left side cut 50% with DNA.

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Thanks for the samples, maybe this will turn out better the my worst fear after all. The thinned one is more the look I'm hoping for.

My stuff has shipped, due here this Friday. Still waiting for some warmer weather to be out side to do the sanding and it looks like a little filling where there is voids in the plywood edge.

Ed

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The weather finally improved enough for me to spend the day out working on projects. This one was on top of my list. Did the sanding, did the deft, did the sanding..... OK now time for the dye.

Well I couldn't find my finishing gloves, which I now very much regret. I have a green thumb, and well a few other fingers as well. Should wear off in a week or two, right?

I was way off on my ideas about this dye. First, I ended up using about 5 times more then I thought I would.... Second, it was much darker then I thought it would be.... Third, never handle this stuff with out gloves.

Ran out of time so it will get a chance to set until I get to it again, maybe tomorrow if the rain holds off other wise something next week.

I want to see what happens when I do a light sanding, I hope it helps fix the darkness and get rid of some of the overlap lines I have. And I hope I can clean it off the hinge which I left in place due to the number of screws to take it off and put it back on.

So here is a picture. Yea pretty dark green.........

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The raw case got a lot of dings and scrapes in the past 9 months or so. Well it gives that well used look. So I should be thinking a good durable coat of something as a finish.

Ed

[ERLover]

Ed,
I use dyes a lot, to lighten it up,and or blend the streaks wipe with a damp rag of water or Denatured Alcohol, if with water it will raise the grain a bit. The more damp the more dye it will pull out. For that size piece I would use water because DN dries so fast it maybe harder to get the streaks out b4 making more.

[ChrisNeilan]

Ed,
I use dyes a lot, to lighten it up,and or blend the streaks wipe with a damp rag of water or Denatured Alcohol, if with water it will raise the grain a bit. The more damp the more dye it will pull out. For that size piece I would use water because DN dries so fast it maybe harder to get the streaks out b4 making more.

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