Nice Natural Stains
On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 2:03:14 PM UTC-4, Eli the Bearded wrote:
In rec.woodworking, Rick the antique guy wrote:
Thru the years I have discovered some nice natural stain recipes
but I am always searching for more.
Interesting list. I know people who dye yarn using natural dyes, I
wonder if those methods would work with wood, too.
Dried black beans soaked for 24 hours is used for purple.
Onion skins (from yellow onions) for yellow / orange.
Avocado pits for pink.
And there are a lot of mushroom based dyes.
Elijah
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hasn't personally used them for anything more than easter eggs
Elijah
Thank You Eli these sound Interesting worth a try
also i rememenber Pumpkin and squash stains but I don't know the method . I haven't tried them yet
Thanks again
rick B.
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