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   john_c2 | May 27, 2020 09:51am | #1

   If anyone will know how to use these, its Bob.

   Bob?

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   Beasley7 | May 27, 2020 06:16pm | #2

   I'm not Bob, but here is my 2 cents. The package says 100 g to 1 liter, but I have have found that each package may vary slightly. So, like may operations in wood working, you may need to sneak up on it. Get a piece of scrap and start experimenting. Given your remote location, I realize that is not what you wanted to hear, but it's all I got.

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   lat_axe | May 29, 2020 03:52am | #3

   Beasley7 is right - you need to experiment as VD crystals are a "natural product" so the effect varies a little with the walnut source used to make them; and with how much you dilute the stuff.

   In my experience VD crystals tend always to have a similar shade of brown (walnut brown obviously) which doesn't vary much other than to be darker or paler depending on how much you dilute the liquid you make with them. Think of it as a single colour (walnut brown) that varies in its greyscale component (light to dark) not its colour component (it's always that brown, not red or green or cream).

   Lataxe

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   john_c2 | May 29, 2020 11:49am | #4

   VD. Heh heh.

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   sprog21 | May 30, 2020 06:50am | #5

   Thanks to everyone who replied to my post.it's so hard living here in Thailand & trying to get things that you guys take for granted, I can't get Van Dyke crystals anywhere in Thai, & can't get it delivered, so I have to wait until friends can bring me anything I need
   Because I have to treat everything like gold dust, I was hoping to do away with experimenting, but obviously not
   Thanks again everyone