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Here is the poor man’s version of ebonizing wood!
10 parts water to 1 part black latex paint
brush on
sand down raised grain
seal it up
I almost got in trouble with this because the water made my drawers expand and I had to sand them back down to a very snug fit. The result is pretty decent for pine in my opinion. The wood is purplish-black and the grains and nots took on a gold color. Pretty cool for just goofing around with different finish techniques. This has one coat of poly on it and will receive probably 2 more and a good paste wax.
I am going to test this out with other woods and see what happens, although I doubt it will do much for hardwoods.
Please feel free to comment, good or bad!
-- James, Bluffton, IN
































6 comments so far
Durnik150
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posted 153 days ago
Wonderful design hackman! I know it wasn’t meant this way but when I first looked at photo number two I couldn’t help but think of my Black Labrador. As we are getting ready for bed each night I often see two inquiring eyes and a nose peeking over the bed waiting for an invitation to come up and sleep at our feet. The drawer pulls look like his eyes and nose (see my photo to left).
At first I thought this was the custom wood called Alowood that Rockler carries until I read your text. A great job using a much less expensive wood.
-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO
bamasawduster
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posted 153 days ago
Yep, you’re definitely addicted. Great job and pretty cool experimenting.
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a1Jim
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posted 153 days ago
well done
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
degoose
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posted 152 days ago
Might I add My comment ,,the edges of the face of the drawers and the openings might look a little better IMHO if they were rounded over more. Also if you add a small piece of felt at the back of the drawer to position the drawer in line with the front of the box. The ‘poor mans’ ebonizing works well to change the perception of the box. A lining of flocking would finish the whole look.
-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au
jockmike2
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posted 152 days ago
Nice experiment gone right.
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Dusty56
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posted 126 days ago
It reminds me of E.T. somehow : )
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .