iron acetate staining test

[George Tsoukalas]

I agree, Eric, caution is important. Having worked with chemicals all my life I would stick with iron nitrate.

Thank God none of my students every had a severe accident in the lab.

Jawge

[Eric Krewson]

Very little heat,  the stain blushes quickly. A hair drier would not be quite enough but a heat gun blushes the wood in seconds, I keep the gun moving. I don't think the back of a bow would be in any danger.

This is a test of the bottle of the iron nitrate I bought and used on my last gun; maple scrapwood, one application of iron nitrate, blushed then a couple of coats of Tru-Oil.

[GlisGlis]

very nice results with that iron nitrate Eric

I made a new test with iron acetate on peach pith
It's pretty interesting. It really hilight the character of the pith as the depressions get black while the surface is still light if wiped soon enough (or sandpapered after).
I see the potential to make some thin bow tips overlay.
kinda of a vegan   antler tips version.

[GlisGlis]

new test with cheap pine (I guess) wood
I carved a HarryPotter style magic wand for my daughter
you can see the wood at natural on top and the aged result on the wand.
I used tea+acetate in the grooves to obtain  a darker tone and plain acetate on the rest. little sanding and lineseed oil as finish
Pretty satisfied with the result

[stuckinthemud]

Looks great