Brian Gray
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Joined: 2004-01-21
Location: Sandusky, OH
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There's some helpful threads here on the forum which already address your question...
Here's one...
http://www.vacupress.com/forum/thread-view.asp?threadid=16017&MessageID=31271#31271
Back then, I was successful dying my own veneer.
However, I'll be honest with you, I don't bother anymore, unless it's black. And even then, sometimes I'll buy black.
It's a lot of hassle, and for marquetry, it's worth it to me to just buy the pre-dyed stuff.
Usually, I'm only using a small sheet of dyed veneer for marquetry.
If you are looking for green, I would recommend buying it from Paul Schurch.
http://www.schurchwoodwork.com/tools/index.html
He offers green veneer in three shades. Yes, it's expensive, but I can't replicate the nice shades of green that he gets on my own.
I don't want to discourage you from dying your own. It's real easy to do black because you aren't going for a real specific shade.
However, when I tried to make green veneer, I had trouble getting the shades that I was after.
Not that it can't be done, but for the money, and considering that I usually am not going to need much veneer to do some marquetry leaves, I just buy it.
If you decide to dye your own, report back. If you are successful in getting nice shades, I'd love to hear your methods.
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