Can a water soluble aniline dye be converted to an alcohol soluble or non-grain-raising dye?
I’ve been using Moser’s water soluble aniline dye. Their Dark Fumed Oak is virtually identical in color to an assortment of Stickley originals that I’ve reproduced…a deep dark brown with just a hint of red. By varying the ratio of dye to water, I can get a narrow range of color to match a wide variety of original furniture in the arts and crafts style. It’s not offered in an alcohol soluble version, and I would prefer not to use the oil soluble version.
I’m reluctant to move off of this product because it’s delivering consistent, predictable results.
Despite my best efforts, I’m still getting a lot of grain raising with the water soluble dye…more texture than I would like from a brand new, fresh from the shop piece of furniture. Also, I’d like more of the dye to get into the remaining open pores of oak, something that doesn’t always happen because of the surface tension of the water.
Can’t find a web site or phone number for Moser…so I thought I’d post-up here! Any help or hints would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks all!
tony b.
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I'm very sure Moser's aniline dye comes in three styles: oil, water, and alcohol soluble. Try Woodworker's Supply. I can't remember their web site, but it should be listed there.
I've used the dark fumed oak, in the oil soluble variety, and love it. I did a quarter sawn white oak mantle that I made in an antique style (to match our antique furniture) and the color was perfect.
>>> edit <<< the web site address is http://www.woodworker.com; I checked, and they have all three types but don't have dark fumed oak in the alcohol variety. You could try the oil dye, which doesn't raise the grain, or go with one of the other alcohol dyes and see if you could obtain satisfactory results.
John
Edited 12/12/2002 1:52:37 PM ET by johnhardy
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