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  • Paul, It looks much better than all of the "Ebonized" tail pieces all of my violin students have. Cool!

    Paul Doug said:
    Yes, Ben it has a coat of clear lacquer when the picture was taken.
  • Yes, Ben it has a coat of clear lacquer when the picture was taken.
  • Paul, did you use a finish on it after the steel wool?
    Paul Doug said:
    Yep, yep, yep, the vinegar and steelwool mix does work great. I just made a butt piece out of ebony except the piece was a lot lighter than the rest of the ebony I've been using. So I decided to try the V/S mix I had sitting in a jar. It did it's magic!


  • Yep, yep, yep, the vinegar and steelwool mix does work great. I just made a butt piece out of ebony except the piece was a lot lighter than the rest of the ebony I've been using. So I decided to try the V/S mix I had sitting in a jar. It did it's magic!

  • Gary, WOW! thats great info, just the kind of stuff I've been looking for. Thanks for the input.

    Gary Austin Duncan said:
    http://www.woodworking.org/WC/Garchive01/3_27colorants.html

    The link has a few ideas as to how to do up wood.

    Gary
  • http://www.woodworking.org/WC/Garchive01/3_27colorants.html

    The link has a few ideas as to how to do up wood.

    Gary
  • Dave, thanks for this reference to staining, very interesting.

    Dave V said:
    I found the article that I was talking about. You can read it here:

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Ebonizing_Wood/
  • Paul, Thanks for this info. I have had some success with this type of staining.

    Paul Doug said:
    That's a great article. Thanks for looking it up nd posting.

    Dave V said:
    I found the article that I was talking about. You can read it here:

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Ebonizing_Wood/
  • That's a great article. Thanks for looking it up nd posting.

    Dave V said:
    I found the article that I was talking about. You can read it here:

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Ebonizing_Wood/
  • I found the article that I was talking about. You can read it here:

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Ebonizing_Wood/
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