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recipe for natural black stain?
Eric Krewson:
Osage turns black if you put iron nitrate on it (aqufortis), hickory turns a nice brown, not black.
In the picture the stain has been applied and heated with a heat gun to make it react with the tannins in the wood.
Buckskinner:
I would make a black walnut hull stain, very easy to make and very sun resistant. Perfect time of year to do it!
Hawkdancer:
Sounds like some good ideas, luckily, I have some test pieces I can work with. Buckskinner, you got any spare walnut hulls? I haven't seen a walnut tree around here! Thanks for all the info, and if anyone else has a different idea, send it on!
Hawkdancer
Buckskinner:
--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on October 14, 2022, 06:10:48 pm ---Sounds like some good ideas, luckily, I have some test pieces I can work with. Buckskinner, you got any spare walnut hulls? I haven't seen a walnut tree around here! Thanks for all the info, and if anyone else has a different idea, send it on!
Hawkdancer
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Yep, how many do you want???
Fox:
Yeah walnut hulls are great. Darkest stain I’ve made with them is to crush them up super fine and leave them in a ziplock bag until they “melt” usually only takes like a week or two, you’ll get incredibly dark goo from them breaking down in the bag. Make sure it’s somewhere warm. You can also make a ink like stain from acorns, if you’d like details on that Lemme know..
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