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You mean artist inks? That's an interesting idea! I have some of those in the studio. Will you dilute with water?
Matt Philip said:wow good to see so many people interested, I think I may try ink it's cheap, really vibrant and permanent.
Here is a trick I picked up in Japan...
I call it fake ebonising. You put some clean steel wool in a jar with some water (I use filtered) and agitate the steel wool by shaking the now sealed jar. In a few days the steel wool will rust and go into the water. I keep a jar of it and it lasts forever. If you use just the water minus the steel wool the wood will stain , if you use the wool itself the wood goes completely black.
This is better than using ink as the wood texture is not effected only the colour. I generally have to seal the wood with either laquor or varnish or anything to stope the black coming off, but if you can buff the wood you should be good to go. I will post some pics on the ebonised fretboards I have recently done. Hope this helps as a cheap arse solution to he staining situation :)
this sounds really interesting I would love to see pictures
Will Carter said:Here is a trick I picked up in Japan...
I call it fake ebonising. You put some clean steel wool in a jar with some water (I use filtered) and agitate the steel wool by shaking the now sealed jar. In a few days the steel wool will rust and go into the water. I keep a jar of it and it lasts forever. If you use just the water minus the steel wool the wood will stain , if you use the wool itself the wood goes completely black.
This is better than using ink as the wood texture is not effected only the colour. I generally have to seal the wood with either laquor or varnish or anything to stope the black coming off, but if you can buff the wood you should be good to go. I will post some pics on the ebonised fretboards I have recently done. Hope this helps as a cheap arse solution to he staining situation :)
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