Blanket Chest

Great looking chest. The colors look great.

This is really nice a great job it looks beautiful.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

id love to hear your technique on dyeing the poplar. looks real nice

Looks really nice. Good job on that poplar.
I like it,
Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

That looks fantastic.

-- Don, Saginaw Mi

Nice looking chest.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

yes, please post more about the mixture you used to dye the poplar. Great work!

Really nice chest. I’m sure you sister will love it.

-- Paul, North Dakota, USAF Ret.

That’s a great looking chest. Nice job on the construction and staining.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Very nice chest. Well done.

Great job…it looks beautiful. I’m building the same chest right now—out of poplar—though I plan on painting it, since it will be a toy chest for my friend’s daughter. The poplar version is a “warm-up” as I refine my skills before using the same design to build hope chests for my two daughters (these will be constructed with walnut and cherry plywood.

Once again, fantastic job…I’m really impressed. (And also want to know about your “dye-job.”)

That is really pretty. Very well done.

-- If, in your life, you attain the means to help; you incur the responsibility to act.

Great looking blanket chest. I like the combination of the cherry and stained poplar.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

Great looking blanket chest. I like the combination of the cherry and stained poplar.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

Great looking chest. Very well done.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

I actually found the technique for dying the poplar in an issue of Wood Magazine which called for using RIT Dark Brown dye for the initial wood coloring, letting that dry for 24 hours and then staining it with Minwax Dark Walnut #2716. I ended up having to let that sit for a few days to fully dry before then applying three coats of General Finishes Arm-R-Seal.

thanks. I’ll do a little ddigging to try and find that article. I think I’d like to use the technique for a few of my projects!

thanks nstein i think i have the issue, i remember the RIT dye on poplar now that you mention it

found it… WOOD #189 march 2009 page 70 faux walnut stacking shelves. the finish recipe is on page 74

thanks so much! I think I might even have that one!