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recipe for natural black stain?
Fox:
Untitled by Livvydog, on Flickr
Heres a bow with the walnut stain. It could be darker but I sanded it off a bit to give the camo pattern. Still not totally black though. Im thinking the acorn t stain would be darker
Eric Krewson:
I have found that crushed walnut stain will get moldy over time, to prevent this I mix denatured alcohol with the slurry before I store the stain. I have had the same qt bottle for 20 years now, the alcohol will evaporate over time, I add more when I want to use the stain. I never filtered my slurry so it is like a thick paste, I boiled the hulls to break them down.
The arrow is poplar arow stained with my walnut slurry.
GlisGlis:
you can obtain iron acetate very quickly
just put some iron wool (the one it's used to clean pans) in vinaigre and wait 3-4 days
Vinaigre will dissolve iron. In contact with tannins will produce a dark color.
You can use old bits of iron (like old rusty nails) but the bigger the longer they need to left in vinaigre before dissolving
TimBo:
Eric, that is a really gorgeous walnut stain on the arrow. Poplar probably takes a stain well I bet.
SDBurntStick:
Do any of you have pictures of osage stained with iron nitrate?
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