Thread: Queen Ebony Experiment

Interesting look. Is it colour fast?

Thats really interesting, i didnt realise the queen ebony could be manipulated that way.. Are there other woods that will react the same way? Thanks for sharing, now to go see if i have some to play with.

Neal.

Redgum reacts very well to this solution.

Originally Posted by BoomerangInfo

Interesting look. Is it colour fast?

The solution just penetrates below the surface, I did rub the timber with paper towel and the oxidization did go onto the towel but not to the effect that it removed the oxidization altogether. I have made a stronger solution to see if reacts more quickly to the tannins in the Solomon Island Blackwood. I took the piece in the photo to work with me and I think it got darker during the day.

Originally Posted by thompy

Thats really interesting, i didnt realise the queen ebony could be manipulated that way.. Are there other woods that will react the same way? Thanks for sharing, now to go see if i have some to play with.

Neal.

Yes other timbers do to varying degrees. Red Cedar, Wattle, Gums, Silky Oak would probably work too. I painted a piece of White Oak and to look at it you would think it was bog oak it is that black.

Add some tea leaves to the mix and it also works on timbers without high tannin content. Doesn't work on some timbers though, oily ones etc.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Add some tea leaves to the mix and it also works on timbers without high tannin content. Doesn't work on some timbers though, oily ones etc.

Have used a strong cold tea solution with the artificial ivory from GPS Agencies to age it like old estate ivory. Another one is saving the brown onion skins and boil them to make a yellow/brown dye and by doing the same with Padauk shavings a nice orange dye. Have some Madagascar Rosewood Shavings I will have to try as well

Grapes - pale blue
Blueberries-purple color
tea bags - tan or brown
Cinnamon- very pretty brown
Cranberries - rose