![]() ![]() My experience has been a dark brown dye on light wood. The acid is how colonial long rifle builders treated the stocks they made. Chromic acid turns it a dark brown almost black, but depending on minerals in the wood, can turn the maple a funky dull dark greenish brown. Another trick is an acid treatment that works best on Maple, a weak nitric acid chemically changes the outer layer of wood to a sorrel color. I no longer do furniture, but still go through a small bottle of India ink every year. The wood grain still shows through slightly. It soaks into the wood a short distance compared to paint which lies on the surface. I also use red ink for some wooden stuff. I comes out looking more like a cheap oriental black lacquer than ebony, not quite as smooth and shiny. Back then Homer Formby stuff, but lately I use wipe on poly or (brush on) over top. ![]() (Utrecht, maybe) Stripped the old finish, sanded well, painted with India Ink and then a very very light sanding again. (We used more than just black too) When I went on my own, I used the same stuff, mail ordered from a huge Art supply warehouse. The shop purchased india ink by the gallon. We used India ink on all kinds of pine furniture to make it look like ebony. I worked in a shop for about two weeks before that guy died and the job ended. Any recommendations on wood type to stain with india ink?ĭecades ago, I had a small side business buying, refinishing and then selling off bits of furniture. Are there certain types of india ink to buy or can I just get whatever Amazon sells? Do certain types of wood work better? I have a scrap of maple and sycamore that I could use, but don't have enough of either to test it out. ![]()
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