Yeah actually I should have said something about using paint, you can actually colour wood black with any black paint, including enamels and emulsion.Droogs":2d391sdl said:not a stain but Wickes have a matt black paint that is fantastic...
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As you say you can top up the tannins. The table in the link is elm - I experimented using the iron solution on untreated wood and the reaction created a very pale grey. The final result was the reaction having prepared the wood with a healthy application of a sort of tannin tea (oak leaves, oak galls, oak shavings etc). According to Richard Maquire (who's instructions I followed) he has not found a wood that won't work with this type of prep, regardless of the initial tannin content.MikeG.":30zs69pe said:nabs":30zs69pe said:
I don't think that will work with poplar. As you know ebonising relies on the wood's natural tannins, with some additional help, and I'm pretty sure that polar is low in tannin.
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