Peter Tsiorba -> RE: I am new (Dec. 27 2009 14:51:32)
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You can use common textile dye, such as Rit, usually sold in grocery stores and intended for dyeing or "touching-up" color in your clothes. These dyes are pretty cheap, not terribly toxic, and although water-based (yes, you can cook veneer in this dye) are reasonably water resistant after you use some mordant. Mordants can be many things, some of the common being vinegar, salt, baking soda, etc.. Again the common stuff found in grocery stores. Rit dye will have specific instructions as to the type of mordant they call for. American Lutherie magazine http://www.luth.org/backissues/al69-72/al71.htm profiles rosette work by Eugene Clark--check out issues 71 and 73. Excellent articles, and very detailed, yet accessible treatment of the subject, including dyeing of the veneers. I highly recommend for you to get those two back issues if you are serious about getting into your own rosette and line work. If you need some already dyed veneers in sheets, it will be difficult to track down. Most veneer sold is too thin, and has some sort of paper backing, pretty useless stuff for our purposes. One source I've been using is B&B Rare Woods, and they have some excellent European-made dyed veneers in sheets. Veneers are thick enough. Here is some of the dyed veneer stuff they have: http://www.wood-veneers.com/veneer_dyed.html I hope this is helpful, and I wish you a very enjoyable experience in building your first guitars!
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