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on Using DyesI may add some more text at some time but for now here are some interesting samples showing more about how you can use dyes
More
on Using Dyes
I may add some more text at some time but for now here are some
interesting samples showing more about how you can use dyes
One color of a Benjamin Moore oil stain is used all these samples. In the left sample is the oil stain alone. The next 3 samples have had 3 different shades of dye used previous to the oil stain. It is interesting the different colors that can be achieved using this one wiping stain. The next image shows the same oil stain combined with another 3 different dyes.
Left: Oil stain alone
next: Golden dye under oil stain
next: Reddish dye under oil stain
next: Dark reddish dye under oil stain
Left: Same oil stain alone sample
next: Reddish Brown dye under oil stain
next: Dark Brown dye under oil stain
next: Very dark dye under oil stain
The lower board is a fairly new piece of cherry, unstained. A clear finish has been applied. The board is darker at one end because I exposed this end to direct sunlight for a period of about 5 days. I wanted to demonstrate here how sunlight causes the cherry to darken. The smaller sample above is a piece of maple that has been stained to imitate the natural cherry color, using dyes and Benjamin Moore wiping stain.
This next shot is a close up of the same 2 boards, except the real cherry board is on top now.
The top board here is the same cherry board from before, showing one
end darker from exposure to sun.
The next lower board is a piece of real cherry that is about 100 years
old. It has not been stained and only clear finish has been applied.
The desk front we made for a secretary at bottom is made of maple, and
stained to imitate the middle cherry sample. It is a reasonably good match,
but in all honesty is probably not as good a match as it may seem here.
The reality is no stain color can really measure up to beauty of real cherry
that has aged this long. Doesn't stop me from trying though.
