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Dave Chandler
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you can take an ounce or so and let it steep in mineral spirit or turpentine, it might make an excellent color additive for an oil based varnish. I have mine reduced to a thick tar, and it doesn't take much to make a fairly dark varnish. I use alazarin crimson to take it from yellow-brown to a nice nutty brown.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's what I did; I dissolved it with Varsol until I had a solution about as viscous as motor oil. It provides a nice color on it's own when mixed into varnish, a brown color leaning slightly towards red.
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Dave Chandler
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And it makes a nice durable finish you can drive on.

Here's a violin I made some years ago, a red-spruce top, using this colorant, kinda boring I think now though. Can't remember if I added any red to this or not. I've used this on others that I left less intense, more like tobacco color which is nice too. The trouble is knowing where to stop applying color. I may be tempted to strip this and do something different now.



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave... I like that colour... if anything, it needs a bit of antiquing.
I sure would not be redoing it.... but then I'm a believer of the kiss principle.... and I sure hate doing things twice!
cheers, Mat
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt, good idea, its a very nice smooth and even finish, maybe that needs to be broken up, just a little, instead of doing soemthing different.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really like that color, too.
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