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Offline sleek

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water coloring wirh osage dye
« on: September 10, 2015, 11:28:59 pm »
So, I had a few raindrops hit an oage bow I had in the bback of my truck. When it dried it left a ring. The center was lighter color than the osage that didnt get wet. Round the outside edge of the water ring it was darker than any other area. It seems water pics up the color in osage, and as if dries, pushes it to the outside of the water drop, robbing the inside of its color.

Well, when you do it intentionally,  boy it comes out looking like copperhead. I gadda work on my technique but this is a neat way to ghost a copperhead pattern on an osage bow. I have done it in the daylight,  seems to work better leaving a better edge around the drop as opposed to nights where it takes so long to dry it seems to pull the color line inwards instead of outwards. 

All you do is draw with water, making sure the drop stands proud on the limb. Im thinking white or clear wax could be used to guide the drop and keep it '" inside the lines ".
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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2015, 11:30:29 pm »
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2015, 11:31:40 pm »
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Offline Ryan C

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2015, 11:33:03 pm »
Wow that's awsome!

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2015, 11:35:33 pm »
Wow, that's really cool. I'm wondering what kind of finish could be used to keep the pattern intact. I would think anything water or alcohol based might cause problems.

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2015, 11:36:35 pm »
Probably oil is best or a poly.
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2015, 11:58:56 pm »
thats sweet!

Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2015, 08:30:53 am »
That's really cool, look forward to seeing what that bow looks like!
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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2015, 09:25:28 am »
That's really cool, look forward to seeing what that bow looks like!

Thanks for the compliments folks. I gadda work on my artistry,  this was literally just a quick splash.

The rest of the bow is..... interesting.  It may or may not survive
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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2015, 10:37:37 am »
Grab some 220 grit and clean that mess up!!!  >:D  :laugh:

I wood think it will eventually fade and lose the pattern as it darkens.  ???

Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2015, 08:21:14 pm »
Try some teak oil. It has a uv inhibitor that'll slow the color change so you should keep the pattern longer. It is pretty neat looking.

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2015, 08:32:21 pm »
Because ( it seems to me ) the water actually moves to oils ( I think its oils ) around and concentrates them in a ring, I would think ( see a theme here? ) that the water rings would get darker than tje rest rhe wood jusr because it has a higher concentration of whatever...
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2015, 09:23:40 pm »
if you like the pattern,,then paint into the negative space with watercolor,,  or seal it with a sealer used to seal pencil or charcoal drawings,, then paint into the negative space with a thin solution of oil paint,, or thinned down acrylic,, and glaze over and over until the desired effect is achieved,, :)

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« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2015, 10:48:14 pm »
yea,, like Evil Chris said, it won't stay.
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Offline son of massey

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Re: water coloring wirh osage dye
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2015, 12:44:46 am »
I seem to remember some guys letting their osage darken in bands or patterns in the hopes that even as the wood darkened the treated spots would still be different but it blended together.

The pigments in the wood aren't oils if they are moved by water. Doesn't mean I have any idea what they are, but some kind of metal based ionic compound seems likely. But if they are carried by water capillary action it isn't oil based.

All that said it looks really cool and if you can think of some way to get it to be a little more permanent good on you because that is neat. Maybe letting a powdered/dissolved dye get distributed by the same kind of drip action?

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