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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2015, 11:32:16 am »
If u take vinegar and steel wool in a jar for a few days then strain the steel wool it reacts with the tannins in the wood. May darken it. Or make it black  :laugh: don't seal the jar, it'll go bang. Quite violently
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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2015, 11:32:28 am »
All of his osage bows look 5-8 yrs old. I hope he explains that on this thread.
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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2015, 12:10:12 pm »
Chris you could stain a osage quite nice with vinegar and steelwhool, as said. But you could do it also with ammonia:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,48632.0.html

It's really crazy, just two hours  before I put an osage bow in my fuming setup. It was a bright yeller stave. Will take it out tomorrow.

The big difference to any stain is that the color is not only on the wood it is in the wood.
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Offline Roy

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2015, 12:14:08 pm »
Pearly boy, all your bows look 5 to 8 years old and worn out..  :) LMAO
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2015, 12:32:53 pm »
Yes apparently chlorine will do it
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2015, 12:38:05 pm »
Thanks Simon and Marc. I have access to both of those.
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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2015, 12:56:19 pm »
I also heard apple cider vinegar
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2015, 01:31:19 pm »
I haven't tried the ammonia fuming like Simon uses, but might have to try that.

I have had good look using the steel wool and vinegar mixture. I have used regular household white vinegar, but Gun Doc suggested apple cider vinegar to get a little more reddish hues in there. Need to try that one too.
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Offline randman

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2015, 03:06:31 pm »
Whatever you do, don't use the ammonia and the chlorine bleach together......that can be bad....very bad...
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #24 on: February 27, 2015, 03:40:49 pm »
Lye and water will darken it in a hurry, I used to degrease with the stuff.
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Offline DavidV

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« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2015, 03:58:30 pm »
I like the vinegar and steel wool, but if the wood has to much tanin it'll get dark. White oak will come out jet black, red cedar comes out blue/gray, hickory comes out walnut colored. After you put it on blush it with a heat gun.
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2015, 01:26:43 am »
Black spray paint. Darkens it right up!
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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #27 on: February 28, 2015, 02:09:21 am »
Quote from: missilemaster on February 28, 2015, 01:26:43 am
Black spray paint. Darkens it right up!



LMAO! Made me choke on my snuff!
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Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #28 on: February 28, 2015, 07:15:01 am »
I've been told that you can darken also woods with few tannins applying a black tea solution on the wood before vinegar and steel wool solution
Basically the tannins are provided by tea
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Re: Darkening osage in a hurry
« Reply #29 on: February 28, 2015, 07:58:37 am »
Looks like I have lots of options, thanks everyone................except you Cody!
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