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   peter28 | Sep 03, 2008 03:32am | #1

   Tahoe,

   If you plan on using shellac for the wash coat, be sure it is very very thin.

   You should use the bottom of the board as a test bed. You may find that the dye you want to use blends in the greenish sapwood in without any problem.

   If the dye is any type of amber or reddish it will neutralize the green.

   Generally, when I wash coat, I'll do it prior to dye or stain. That said there are times, with sapwood or lighter parts that I'll dye the wood and as it starts to evaporate I'll redo the lighter area with a soft brush or pad. Once dry it is pretty indiscernible.

   Without seeing your wood, my gut feeling is the above approach is what I would do.

   As with anything though, try a couple of sample boards with different approaches to see what looks best to you.

   Let me know how you end up doing.

   Peter

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   tahoe | Sep 03, 2008 05:22am | #2

   thank you for the help - I will let you know how it turns out