Koa...by accident

[chatometry]

Hi everyone
I was experimenting dying on a curly poplar leftover. After a number of dying and re-sanding trials, I accidentally ran into this result, that reminded me of Koa:

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Curly poplar is easier to see after dyeing, isn't it?

 

[Sirfishalot]

Hi everyone
I was experimenting dying on a curly poplar leftover. After a number of dying and re-sanding trials, I accidentally ran into this result, that reminded me of Koa:

That’s gorgeous! What were your steps?
Did you dye black first & more layers of a single color? What type/brand of dye?

Thanks,
JayT

 

[Arn213]

The way I do it, I use a dark chocolate brown, then fine sand, then apply vintage yellow, then fine sand. There is that intermediate step where you can make it lighter or darker depending on the concentration of the dye and how long you let the dye sits and fine sand. There is also that middle stage where you can make adjustments to kick the shade up or down it into a tint from the value of the dye color. You can also wash fade it and blend as it suites your goal. This kind of falls into triple stain effect, but you can throw in another dye color. What all this does is actually “freeze” the figure, like when you take a snap shot of an object where it will stay still for that millisecond.

 

[chatometry]

Well, this was long ago, so I forgot it :(
I found these notes but I am not 100% sure they are complete. I used aniline dyes dissolved in alcohol.

Red
Blue
Sanding
Blue
Sanding
Shellac
Sanding
Orange
Dark green*, many passes wiping away the blue

*: my dark green actually turned yellow after staying in the can for a while, so I applied a yellow that was supposed to be green...

 

[chatometry]

The way I do it, I use a dark chocolate brown, then fine sand, then apply vintage yellow, then fine sand. There is that intermediate step where you can make it lighter or darker depending on the concentration of the dye and how long you let the dye sits and fine sand. There is also that middle stage where you can make adjustments to kick the shade up or down it into a tint from the value of the dye color. You can also wash fade it and blend as it suites your goal. This kind of falls into triple stain effect, but you can throw in another dye color. What all this does is actually “freeze” the figure, like when you take a snap shot of an object where it will stay still for that millisecond.

What are your last steps?
Do you usually sand after the last dying step and prior to finishing?
Thanks
Paolo

 

[Arn213]

What are your last steps?
Do you usually sand after the last dying step and prior to finishing?
Thanks
Paolo

Yes, very light hand pass because the grain is raised. You want the surface plane to be completely level as best as possible. Blow it out with blower to get the remaining particles off OR use a white rag to push off the micro shavings.

 

[Arn213]

You can do black dye first, but it can be aggressive which will make it pop that it can tend to look like really altered figure (like it looks fake and not natural). I always use the analogous color so it blends and it will still pop, but looks more natural.