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MattE

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Re: natural purple stain
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2006, 09:27:23 am »
Try all sorts of berries. Go to your local super market and purchase them if they don't grow in your area. I would try a small sample and if the color wasn't to my liking you arn't out anything as you can eat the rest. :)
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Offline Knocker

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Re: natural purple stain
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2007, 12:22:01 am »
What about beet juice?  Sure turns everything red/purple the next morning...
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Offline koan

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Re: natural purple stain
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2007, 06:47:27 pm »
Yep, beet juice will work...tho it came out more pinkish when I tried it.....Brian
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Offline david w.

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Re: natural purple stain
« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2007, 08:51:19 pm »
i have pokeberries by me sounds like fun i will have to try this
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Re: natural purple stain
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2007, 12:29:42 am »
I tried the pokeberries on my Tonkin shafts - wouldn't stick, shafts were too slick. Will have ta try em again on wood.
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Re: natural purple stain
« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2007, 07:37:27 am »
I haven't had much luck staining bamboo shafts without scraping the slick coating off hte outside, but then it's a natural water-resistant finish, so I usually leave it on.
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