That said, get some ebony for finials! Or african blackwood (it's a Dalbergia, a rosewood.) Both are a joy to turn and need no finish - just polish the bare wood. Holly is fine-grained and can take incredible detail AND takes the dye well. The preferred colorant is black leather dye. The preferred wood with some seems to be Holly. The pigment still lays on the surface like a stain and doesn't cover the wood uniformly. My experience has been a dark brown dye on light wood. The acid is how colonial long rifle builders treated the stocks they made. Chromic acid turns it a dark brown almost black, but depending on minerals in the wood, can turn the maple a funky dull dark greenish brown. Another trick is an acid treatment that works best on Maple, a weak nitric acid chemically changes the outer layer of wood to a sorrel color. I no longer do furniture, but still go through a small bottle of India ink every year. The wood grain still shows through slightly. It soaks into the wood a short distance compared to paint which lies on the surface. I also use red ink for some wooden stuff. I comes out looking more like a cheap oriental black lacquer than ebony, not quite as smooth and shiny. Back then Homer Formby stuff, but lately I use wipe on poly or (brush on) over top. (Utrecht, maybe) Stripped the old finish, sanded well, painted with India Ink and then a very very light sanding again. (We used more than just black too) When I went on my own, I used the same stuff, mail ordered from a huge Art supply warehouse. The shop purchased india ink by the gallon. We used India ink on all kinds of pine furniture to make it look like ebony. I worked in a shop for about two weeks before that guy died and the job ended. Any recommendations on wood type to stain with india ink?ĭecades ago, I had a small side business buying, refinishing and then selling off bits of furniture. Are there certain types of india ink to buy or can I just get whatever Amazon sells? Do certain types of wood work better? I have a scrap of maple and sycamore that I could use, but don't have enough of either to test it out.
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