On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Joe Smigiel wrote:
> I just tried some saturated potassium dichromate solution on a piece of
> lacewood and this morning put it under a NuArc UV plateburner for about
> 15 minutes. It darkened considerably, so much so that I don't like the
> look of the wood any longer.
I only mentioned this as a source of dichromate (albeit an expensive one),
not by any stretch suggesting it for wood staining today. I can only
suppose Garret Wade stocked it because of a wish to seem old timey....
Of course many packaged stains are marketed today; I also found no problem
in adjusting colors to suit with oil paints (in solvent based stains -- &
I suppose water-based paints would work in waterbased stains?).
Judy
> Can you perhaps suggest a particular aniline dye and lacquer combination
> for lacewood? I don't think I'll have to worry about parts sliding
> together on this simple portrait camera, but it also might be helpful to
> know what sort of finish might be appropriate for a full-fledged view
> camera where parts are sliding against one another to enable movements
> such as swing and shift.
>
> Any help appreciated as I'm very much a novice at this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> p.s. Bet some of you thought this post was going to be about gum
> printing. R R R.
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 21 13:32:39 2006
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