This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Dear wood finishing gurus, I'm hoping y'all can give me a bit of advice. I am wanting to use a = tight-grained wood, such as poplar, and placing a thin, black, satin = finish on it that shows the grain. I'll be doing a lot of this work, so = it would be great to avoid highly volatile lacquers and such, insofar as = possible. A local paint products manufacturer suggested an acrylic = paint which I tried (skeptically). As carefully as I apply it, it is = still appears just a bit too "paint-ish." Another tech on this list once suggested using black shoe dye on wood = (for touching up the keysticks on the sharps), but I'm leary of dyes, = considering the possibility that they might fade. (Of course paint will = do that too.) Even so, one likely solution might be to dye the wood = black and then use a wipe-on clear finish of some sort (water-based = polyacrylic?), to achieve the right luster. Potential problems include = the dye absorbing deeper into the wood over time, leaving a lighter = color and, as I said, a fading of the dye from light exposure. Another possibility might be using India ink to color the wood. India = ink is pigment (soot/carbon) based and is probably therefore more immune = to fade. Unfortunately it's also rather expensive. Do any of you know of a pigment-based colorant, perhaps carbon-based? = Have any of you made such a substance? Any thoughts? Suggestions? Favorite products? Thanks for your advice!! Peace, Sarah PS The table saw and the dado set are working great. I'm really putting = together a nice looking product, after a lot of trial and error. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cc/ca/f3/22/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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