Starting the finishing stages before stringing
dave_in_london
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If I want to pre-colour a surface (dye or stain) prior to cutting narrow slots for stringing, how can I remove the excess stringing above the plane of the surface (using a block plane and card scraper) without removing some of the stain? Attempting to ‘touch up’ always bleeds into the stringing materials.
I see finished pieces in Fine Woodworking by Garrat Hack, Steve Latta and Michael Fortune; the constrasting colours are always perfect.
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I can't speak to how the pros do it, but one way to do it is to use a chemical stain that colors the wood in the body not the stringing. Potassium permanganate (and other chemicals) colors mahogany but does not color maple or holly.
Chemical Dyes - Interesting Idea
Thanks Steve - That is so logical.
I'll just have to try that out on some sample boards as I have some Potassium Permanganate crystals here. My table top is black walnut with maple stringing so I'm not sure what can happen.
Tis morning I happened upon a FWW article (issue 178) by Jeff Jewett call "Protect Inlay with Selective Staining". Check this out too.
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