Dye recomendation ?

[Forwardhandle]

Any body got a brand recomendation for some dye ? Im looking to stain the belly lam to match the stable core on the back both under clear glass ? I have never used dye and laminated over it ?

[Crooked Stic]

Denatured alcohol. I have used Rit - Transtint from Woodcrafters. Also  Turntex has Alumilite dyes that can be mixed with the alcohol.
https://www.turntex.com/product/cactus-juice-resin-and-dyes/1-oz-dye-detail

[Mike L.]

Bingham’s sells some dye for this; according to them, the best product for that application is a water based dye.  W.D. Lockwood.  I’ve heard that an alcohol based aniline dye works really well, and that makes more sense to me since I wouldn’t think your want your core lams staying wet for long.  I messed around with a few trying to match cores under a canary wood veneer, but I didn’t much like what I came up with so I just went with maple.


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[Forwardhandle]

Thanks guys I will give the turntext dye a shot  Im not to keen on putting water on lams raising the grain !

[Flem]

I use the Transtint dye's, along with some others. They are great and you can mix with water or alcohol.
What wood is it going on and what color are you trying to match?

http://homesteadfinishingproducts.com/transtint-liquid-dyes/

[Forwardhandle]

Its on maple and Im trying to match stable core under clear glass on the back !

[Forwardhandle]

What Im doing is one of Kennys D/R 2 bows maybe a 66" or another 64" with .030 clear glass over stable core on the back and just plain clear glass on the belly over dyed maple ,a light weight bow maybe 45lb

[Wolftrail]

Can you purchase alcohol based aniline dye in any hardware or paint store.

[Roy from Pa]

Alcohol soluble Aniline dye is all I use.

Give this website about 15 seconds to load.

https://woodworker.com/alcohol-soluble-brt-yellow-golden-oak-aniline-dye-mssu-845-541.asp

Click downloads/additional media for color chart.

[Forwardhandle]

Thanks all I ordered some alcohol soluble Ebony figuring it might be a little lighter against the maple ! Im not worried about looks its just a hunting bow ,Im worried about light reflection then any thing !

[Roy from Pa]

You can mix the aniline powder dye with more alcohol and less dye to get a lighter color.

Also you can buff it with 0000 steel wool after it drys and make it as light a color as you want.

Alcohol based dye is so easy to cover up a place you may have needed to sand off a bit.

It will blend right in and you won't even be able to tell.

[Flem]

I bet you could mix some of the dye into your sealer coat. I know you can with the transtints and the turntex sounds similar.

[Forwardhandle]

I have this rattle can spray toner made for musical insturments that Im using in spring on a bamboo backed bow its nasty stuff to spray inside , sunburst lespaul looking bow any body