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Title: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: Robertfishes on April 24, 2009, 01:39:00 PM

anybody use the alcohol dye? whats the best way to dye 0.030 or 0.040 veneers? thanks, Robert

Title: Re: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: TNstickn on April 24, 2009, 02:05:00 PM

I have had good results with rit dye and denatured alcohol.

Title: Re: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: Pat B on April 24, 2009, 03:18:00 PM

Adding water could raise the grain. I don't believe alcohol would do that.

Title: Re: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: Brently on April 24, 2009, 10:38:00 PM

I use leather dye, works great on wood and it comes in a bunch of colors.

Title: Re: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: LC on April 25, 2009, 08:30:00 AM

I use the alchohol based as it supposedly doesn't raise the grain as much as water based but the alchohol based is also supposedly more prone to fading but I've never noticed the fading problem.

Title: Re: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: Adam Keiper on April 25, 2009, 08:36:00 AM

I've used powdered Rit dye disolved in alchol and Fiebing's alcohol based leather dye.  Rit is cheaper and found in any grocery store.  Fiebing's has a much more rich color, that isn't as prone to fading as the Rit.  There are analine wood dyes available, too, though I haven't tried them.

Title: Re: veneer dye alcohol or water base?
Post by: Robertfishes on April 25, 2009, 12:28:00 PM

thanks for the replies, I will be ordering some light colored veneers and I want to darken them