when I dye my turnings, I use Ritz fabric dye, and I submerge the turning
for a while (several minutes), then let it dry and sand lightly
"charlieb" wrote in message
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Haven't turned anything in a couple of months - been mentoring a newbie
make a solid wood (poplar) floor to ceiling linen cabinet. That got me
playing with stains and dyes to get an aged cherry or mahogany look to
the poplar. When this linen cabinet gets finished I'm going to
experiment with dying poplar turnings The fun part will be sealing end
grain to keep it from coming out much darker than side grain.

While bleed through from one face to another isn't a problem when the
piece of wood is 3/4" thick, dying a piece with 1/8" or thinner walls
seems like it could present some "challenges". Anyone have experience
with dyes - like TransTint and Behlen's? Any tips on avoiding
"spotchies" and bleed through?

charlie b