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Brent Longtin

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Subject : dying my own veneer
Posted : 2011-07-18 7:29 AM
Post #36432
I'm considering dying some small pieces of veneer with food coloring. I heard that dying works best under vacuum. Do the small kitchen food marinade vacuums work?


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: dying my own veneer
Posted : 2011-07-18 1:23 PM
Post #36434 - In reply to #36432
Brent,

Dying works even better under pressure. Get yourself a kitchen pressure cooker and do it that way.

Darryl Keil


 
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Scott

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Subject : RE: dying my own veneer
Posted : 2011-07-22 12:32 PM
Post #36439 - In reply to #36434
As Clint Eastwood once said,
"Dying is no way to make a livin boy"
Dying under pressure seems like a tougher way to die.


 
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Wayne Stump

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Subject : RE: dying my own veneer
Posted : 2011-12-23 8:06 PM
Post #36539 - In reply to #36439
At the most recent meeting of the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild, one of our members demonstrated dying veneer in a vacuum chamber. It took all of about 15 minutes and it was pretty thorough. I think he found the instructions on the procedure and making the vacuum chamber on Joe Woodworker. The chamber was made of schedule 80(?) PVC 4" and 6" pipe.

http://www.joewoodworker.com/veneering/vacuum-infusing-chamber.htm

I have also seen some results using Rit powdered fabric dye, note that it is the powdered dye and not the liquid dye. Marc Adams has a DVD on the process.
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