Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: toomanyknots on November 08, 2013, 06:22:45 pm
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I've made some before, a while ago (years). I didn't cut it with anything then, just boiled it down to sticky goop and rubbed it on a 78" red oak pyramid bow (no idea why the bow was that long, haha ;D). I decided to make some more, and maybe this time cut it with turpentine. It turns out pretty nice looking in the end, kinda like dark red-ish, kinda mohagany. Here is some pictures, this is my third time extracting the osage, (because now I know multiple small extractions are better than one big extraction, thank you breaking bad, lol) I guess their called tannins?
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/DSCN3463.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/DSCN3463.jpg.html)
This is what I have so far, I'm gonna boil this all down after my third extraction:
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/DSCN3465.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/DSCN3465.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/DSCN3468.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/DSCN3468.jpg.html)
I was thinking I might try it on leather.
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What about using sawdust?
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What about using sawdust?
Just the dust from sanding Osage stains my pants yellow I have pants with yellow spots on them lol
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I had an idea of collecting dust/shavings and chips, to sell to peple who like to dye their own wool/textiles. I still have some bags of it but just haven't got around to trying it. I think its more trouble than its worth in terms of time though.
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You know your a bowaholic when....... :laugh: :laugh: ...my wife would shoot me on the spot if she saw me boiling osage chips with her pots on her range...n if she didn't shoot me she'd send me to a mental institution :laugh: .... never tried it n don't need to cus most my bows are already yellow orange,n will turn dark naturally ;) :D
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How do you make it? I make enough bows I might as well get some free stain for my white bows! :laugh:
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You know your a bowaholic when....... :laugh: :laugh: ...my wife would shoot me on the spot if she saw me boiling osage chips with her pots on her range...n if she didn't shoot me she'd send me to a mental institution :laugh: .... never tried it n don't need to cus most my bows are already yellow orange,n will turn dark naturally ;) :D
Blackhawk your wife needs to be more understanding. LOL One time I boiled a deer skull in the kitchen in one of my wifes pans. She never said anything but looking back I am sure she was not impressed but it just adds to the list of dumb things I have done. It stunk pretty bad.
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Ive noticed the water changes color when steaming a rough rasped piece of osage. wondered if it was of any use, now I know thanks toomanyknots
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I did a little tutorial on the PA Facebook page about using a coffee maker to extract the dye from osage sawdust:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151297468646476.474608.125816541475&type=3
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The only problem with the dye, like other natural dyes, is that the color fades when exposed to sunlight.
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The only problem with the dye, like other natural dyes, is that the color fades when exposed to sunlight.
I didn't know that. Pretty cool tutorial! I might try that! I make the stuff a lot more concentrated though. Or at least last time I did. I make it to where it is kinda thick and sticky, and it is very dark when I am done boiling it down. I rubbed it in kinda like you rub oil in a bow, and the results where a darker red kinda stain. I make walnut hull stain the same way. Here it is finally boiling down, this pan was full to the top and then some as I extracted too much to fit in the pan, so I boiled the first bit down and added the rest:
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/DSCN3470.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/DSCN3470.jpg.html)
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I'm too impatient to boil it down. I should try that, though. I wonder if it's sticky enough to make glue...