Colored Stocks - Available Dye

[THOMPSON.DJ]

Just looking for some options of where to pick up some water based dye for coloring a stock. Anyone know a good place to start looking???

Thanks,
THOMPSON

 

[Aniest]

Maybe Lee Valley Tools? Just a guess. They might have water based stains for tinting wood. I don't know: just throwing a guess out there.

I know artist supply shops have lots of water based tints, but I don't know their longevity on wood.

 

[sunray]

No such thing as coloring a stock. You can colour one with any regular wood stain found in any hardware or paint store.

 

[HuntNL]

Search for the thread on the coloured stocks, or scroll back through the pages, was a few months ago.

 

[farshot]

search for dyes, pigments,....aniline or alcohol dyes work well. There is a place in Sask.? if I recall that I have bought from that carries are large range of pigments that i mix with alcohol for great coloring or stain matching.

 

[double gun]

I used fabric dye called "RIT" it's cheap, and found in most big stores like Walmart.

 

[New Camper]

The Fabric Land chain of stores or any such sewing/fabric store would likely carry the tins of powdered dye. I dyed some burlap for a ghullie suit and it only required a short simmer in a pot of water. I expect trying to dye wood, one would have to steam, or increase the temperature and humidity of the wood to simulate the process used for cloth, then liberally brush an improvised dye solution.

I've thought about trying this, as the only means I have tried is laminate layers of different coloured wood. I expect either way, bonding layers of stained or dyed wood, would not be as firm a bond as untreated but the latter I am almost certain would be a superior bond than that of stained layers.

Given that it's experimental, try on a couple small pieces of scrap. I'd like to hear the results, otherwise I expect maybe this winter I'll end up trying it myself.

 

[Wrong Way]

No such thing as coloring a stock. You can colour one with any regular wood stain found in any hardware or paint store.

Wrong. (Do you deliberately post inaccurate information at every opportunity? Or are you really that wrong that often?)

OP: Lee Valley is the place. Aniline dyes and mix with distilled water. I go through a ton of it and it works very well.

 

[bobfortier]

Saman stain are what I use. usually 10$ for a small bottle, you will have more than enough for a stock or 2

 

[Silvertip13]

These two little stocks I made for Thompson Center Hotshots are made out of blonde maple and stained/died with Saman products

 

[ronnie01]

No such thing as coloring a stock. You can colour one with any regular wood stain found in any hardware or paint store.

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[barefut]

Try WINSOR PLYWOOD. They carry all sorts of neat wood working stuff. They even had multi colored lam. wood in there. Good place to get excotic woods too. Have fun.

 

[TheTooner]

Saman stain are what I use. usually 10$ for a small bottle, you will have more than enough for a stock or 2

Shake the bottle really well before you start, there is lots of stuff in Saman stains that settles if they are on the shelf for a while.

 

[farshot]

RIT dyes - that is a great idea to try!

 

[THOMPSON.DJ]

Hey guys , Ended up stopping at lowes and they have a new line of water based tintable stain. About 20 colors to choose from. I went with red and blue for now!

 

[Ol' Flinter]

Try Lee Valley powdered ANILIN stains. Can be mixed in water or methyl alcohol. I use the Antique Cherry on both cherry and curly maple with nice results. Also have Medium Mahogany and it is much more dark brown than the more orangie color of the cherry. There are lots of color choices.

 

[gwilder]

You're probably thinking of Wood Essence (.com). They have a great selection of stuff that is difficult to find in Canada at the usual places.

Generally speaking, stains sit on top of the wood and don't raise the grain, so you can stain and seal without any additional sanding in between. Dyes soak into the wood a bit but often do raise the grain, requiring a light sanding before you seal to knock off the fuzz. You can minimize this by raising the grain on purpose before applying the dye and sanding right away. Use whatever the base is for the dye (water or alcohol) and apply it in the same manner as you will the dye. Let dry and give a light sand. You may want to do this another time or two, depending on how fuzzy the wood got the first time. Now when you apply the dye you should be able to get away without more sanding before sealing.

 

[lone ranger]

$1.99 at Super Store." Food coloring." make any color you want. Does it work ???? you tell me.

 

[B_noser]

Lots of good info here and a number of products I had not considered. If using analine dyes, you should be aware that none of them are color fast. Alcohol based will not raise the grain as much as water based, but they will fade over time when exposed to sunlight. In my experience, the pigment stains that sit on the surface tend to leave the grain with a muddy appearance.