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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: eflanders on December 01, 2014, 06:35:00 PM
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Bowyers,
As mentioned in a previous post I am making my two wonderful young nieces each a bow. I would like to incorporate their favorite colors into them to help them identify them as well as to make them far more personal. The bows are all-wood, youth sized, tri-lam longbows made of hickory and ash.
So I found out yesterday that their favorite colors are: Orange, Blue and Turquoise. Orange is the easy & natural color here. I will use Paduik for that. But how and what do I use for the blue and turquoise? I am wanting to put the accent colors into the riser and on the limb tips. Can a guy use dyed or stained woods and still get good glue-up? Obviously I have never used a stained wood before gluing or even afterwards... Usually I just use TBIII for the riser glue-up. Should I use something different with a dyed/stained wood?
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I have used liquid Rit dye to color lams and risers. Get a chunk of the same kind of wood and experiment until you get the desired color for your project. you can also mix colors to get your desired color. I have dyed lams red, pink, blue, green and turquoise. Just make sure the lams are good and dry before you use them! I let the dry overnight at room temperature then finish in a heat box. The last one I did for my daughter in law was birds eye maple stained blue under clear glass, turned out great.
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Color chart..
http://woodworker.com/pdf/clrchartalc.pdf
Dye page..
http://woodworker.com/alcohol-soluble-brt-yellow-golden-oak-aniline-dye-mssu-845-541.asp?search=aniline dye&searchmode=2
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Thanks guys you have both helped me a lot here!