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Primitive arrow stains
M2A:
Dandelion...may have to steal that idea from you and test it out :).
I have used bloodroot on a bow or 2 with good success. I think it would look great on arrows. It can give you an orange color. I make my own by grinding the roots to a powder and adding alcohol but it looks like you can buy the powder online at various sites. Still a work in progress for me but I do like the color. Have not tried yet but I think you could make a stain from beets that would be more of a dark red color. I suppose either on of those may fade or brown out some over time.
Took a pic of how the bloodroot looks on white wood but having some issues getting pics transfered from phone to computer. Hope to sit down and get the bugs worked out soon.
Mike
backwoodsguy:
Past B, the bluing on a oak bow came out dark and rich. If you have one of the following packages in your kitchen, the color is close. (Skinner garden style twirls, Martha White banana nut muffin mix, Progresso bread crums) '' All cholesterol free"
WhistlingBadger:
I just realized I left this thread hanging. I ended up trying turmeric in Everclear. It did indeed stain my arrows a nice, bright, but natural-looking yellow. Unfortunately it took me a few days to get around to greasing the arrow shafts. I didn't want to grease the wood before I fletched them (afraid the fletching wouldn't stick to the grease), and being fairly new to using raw turkey feather, it took me several days to get them finished. By then they had faded to a light, yellowish brown. I think I'll try again, maybe dying the already-fletched arrows so I can get some coating on them right away. If oxidation is what caused the fading, that should help. If UV caused the fading, nothing much will help. Stay tuned...
Thomas
jelweini:
Most botanical stains will fade or brown out with ultraviolet light.
Boiled onion peels will give you a nice yellow color as will osage sawdust.
Finely ground pigments carried with alcohol will give you more permanent color. You can use water too but it will raise the grain of the wood.
WhistlingBadger:
Yeah, I think you're right. Most botanical stains are going to end up brown. Greasing them right away does seem to help. I really like the color that tumeric gives. Might try soaking some buffalo bearies and/or choke cherries in alcohol and see what that gives me.
We got about 6" of snow last Sunday, with another few inches forecasted tonight, along with record lows. Old Man Winter is flexing his muscles, and having some nice, bright colored arrows is going to be pretty important with all this snow. Might just have to go back to modern paint...
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