I am working on a tilt top table with a single board top and as I sand I am cutting through the natural oxidation with the resulting light spots. My finishing technique is color the wood with an amber dye and follow that with a colored oil sealer. How can I avoid producing these light areas or or deal with them after the fact? My solution would be to build up density with the amber dye! The natural oxidation sure is beautiful. Thanks!
Edited 5/21/2006 1:40 pm ET by photoguy
Edited 5/21/2006 3:41 pm ET by photoguy
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Photoguy,
Are you using a water dye? If so there is a pretty easy solution. A water dye naturally ties a background together. Have a small bristle brush handy. Dip it into your dye and dab the excess onto a paper towel. As the dye starts to dry on the wood, lightly stroke the lighter area with this dry brush. This is called the " dry brush technique" ( for obvious reasons)
Try it out on a separate piece or the underside of the top. Done well you'll never know there was a light spot.
Good luck,
Peter Gedrys
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