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   bill_1010 | Jun 07, 2003 05:27am | #1

   id be worried that the colors would smear.   Artists oil paints feature is that they take ages to cure (no metallic driers).  While miniscule, i think the ability to transfer colors would exist.  Since the wax would dry and leave the linseed oil and suspended pigment as an oil i think it would be very very hard to truely buff out that wax.  I dont know how well the oil based paint would even suspend itself in a wax. 

   Id lean towards powdered pigments like from Kremmer.  Or even powdered aniline dyes.

   You could always experiment before you finish your item. 

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   forestgirl | Jun 07, 2003 05:42am | #2

   Ahhhh, thank you Wm.  Jeff's book says to use "pigments or oil-soluable dyes" -- I wasn't sure if the artists' oils would fall into the OSD category.  What you are saying makes sense.  I've got a week or two, so will either get the dye or order some dark wax.  The only non-natural wax I have right now has a gross reddish tint to it.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)