On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:17:07 -0800, "William Noble"
wrote:

I've had excellent luck with india ink. If you want sharp demarcation
lines, a razor cut to just slice into the top couple of thousandths will
stop the ink from wicking along the grain -


"charlieb" wrote in message
...
A question was asked in rec.woodworking about ways to "ebonize"
maple. I'd been wanting to do that to some maple finials I've done
for christmas ornament. The question got me off my butt and
out to the shop with the india ink I bought for just that purpose.

Put up a temporary page to show the results

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/T.../Tempwood.html

Interesting.


Thanks for the tips- both of them. I've ebonized using india ink on
ash and oak, with good results, but never wanted to try it on maple,
considering how blotchy the stuff likes to get when stained. Good to
know it works on it.