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Brent Longtin

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Subject : Coloring veneer
Posted : 2009-06-14 12:52 PM
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I'm doing a lot of marquetry lately and the limited wood palettes are driving me crazy. Several of my pieces involve scenes of horses outdoors. So I cheat. I apply an oilpaint wash to maple veneer for the sky to get a blue with gradient. Horses are an especially bad subject; mostly brown with some slight shading. I'll do the horse in walnut or similar dark wood then shade areas with thined oil paints to give the horse three dimensionality. I know marquetry is not supposed to be a painting, but. I'm sure this would get me kicked out of the royal guild of marqueters. What are other peoples experiences with this?



 
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Don Stephan

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Subject : RE: Coloring veneer
Posted : 2009-06-14 1:42 PM
Post #35504 - In reply to #35502
Brent:
What's more important is what you are comfortable with. There are commercially dyed veneers, but the dying process is involved to have the color penetrate completely. Is there a real difference between using commercially dyed veneer and applying color after creating a marquetry panel? Don't know.
There are a number of ways to apply color after the panel is glued, and you might want to experiment. Tinted shellac has been used for centuries to hide putty, blend in wood patches, et cetera, and if the surface is first sealed is reversible. Among the many sources for this you might consider the books by Jeff Jewitt and his forum at www.homesteadfinishingproducts.com.


 
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BigRob777

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Subject : RE: Coloring veneer
Posted : 2009-06-16 3:13 AM
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I've never done any of this type of work, but I've seen a couple of people using heated sand, to give color variation, within a piece. It's limited in its application, of course, as it won't give you a blue sky.
Rob
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