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f.j.w. -> Black veneer (Nov. 27 2016 13:54:57)

Does anyone know of a source for black veneer that is actually good looking?

None of the artificially dyed black veneer looks as good as real ebony. Somehow the blackness is not intense enough. I would like to find a substitute for ebony and only use ebony where it is really necessary.

I have in the past dyed pearwood black with logwood chips. The result was marvellous, just as good looking as ebony. It was a hassle to do, and now even logwood is hard to come by.



BarkellWH -> RE: Black veneer (Nov. 27 2016 16:37:24)

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I would like to find a substitute for ebony and only use ebony where it is really necessary.


You have piqued my curiosity. Why do you want to find a substitute to look like ebony instead of just using real ebony? Wouldn't the use of a substitute and trying to pass it off (visually, at least) as ebony cheapen the product? What makes the use of authentic ebony "really necessary," as opposed to unnecessary?

Bill



f.j.w. -> RE: Black veneer (Nov. 27 2016 17:44:25)

Ebony is soon to be banned. We need it for fingerboards for example. So I thought that it would be good to use something else for purflings and rosettes.



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