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I’m always interesting in different ways of “staining” wood. I found this to be an interesting chemical alternative. The pic is of a mahogany block. The right side was brushed with a solution of 2tsp of baking soda dissolved in 1.5 cups of water.
It was simply brushed in and allowed to dry.




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Looks purple on my screen. What do your eyeballs call it?

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

It definitely has a purple taste, but it isn’t quite so dramatic in person.
Just thought it was interesting


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Interesting.
In general, purple woods tend to turn brown with age/oxidation. They also tend to appear more brown under finish.

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John

How 'bout you brush some epoxy or some nitro over both sides to see how it looks?

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jw ( o)===:::

The big question is, what does it look like after you take joe white's finished samples and leave them in the sun for a year?