I did this last year on a hickory handle. Use acetone instead of alcohol. Acetone has what it takes chemically to dissolve the ingredients in the food dye and get them to penetrate and mix into the natural oils in the wood.
I do the burn and stain the beam centerpiece candle holders I make. Found out one day when I was ready to do the finishing on some candle holders, I was out of polyurethane. Had some spray shellac and decided to use that. Best decision. The shellac really makes the colors stand out and pop, as they call it. It's all I use on them now. Thanks for the video. Might try the food coloring.
I would add pink to the red to make it redder. The yellow in the wood is creating the orange. Since the pink clearly has a bit of purple to neutralise the yellow then I think adding that to the red may balance it out. ’m not a color theory genius. I’ve been watching a ton of hair dying videos and am quite deep into color theory. Also this very thing happened to my hair.
When I do this I preheat the wood for a little while with a hair dryer. This opens the pores and allowed the coloring to better permeate the wood. Works great.
I have to wonder, since food dye is water based, won't these just fade and change color especially in sunlight? Or bleed out onto other surfaces if they get wet?
Love the out results from the dye but im confused on what you mixed the food coloring in with, I know you started out with the denatured alcohol and then the lacquer thinner in the plastic cup, but what was in the measuring cup did you water down the lacquer? or was it just water lol
*It's always odd to me that people never had the sense to try this on their own.* I've made many stains and dyes and I've even used pen and marker inks. There's really no reason to spend a lot for dyes claimed to be formulated specifically for woods. I've used RIT fabric dye many times in many different ways and in the end, the results are fabulous just as what you demonstrated. *What's worth mentioning is if you do a mild black first, sand it out and then hit it with your color, most colors will look even better with the graining now having a black outline bleeding into the color,*
@@Heavyhearted44 the medium for the food color stain was water. The sealing was a spray on lacquer. I didn't see what brand but it looked like whatever cheap brand every hardware store has.
Hey. Hi. Wow what a great video. I got a question though. I actually have 2 questions. 1.) If you were to have done this WITHOUT the torching process - no fire …. How would the results have been different? & 2.) Will a Bernzomatic propane torch kit from Home Depot do the Trick? (They have the blue canister & the yellow one. I think they called the yellow one Map gas (?) …. What is the difference between the blue & the yellow? And which one would be best for this project? • The “Bernzomatic Self-Igniting Basic Torch Head” • The “Bernzomatic TS3500T Multi-Use Torch Head” • The “Bernzomatic Trigger Start Torch Head” • The “Flame King 340,000 BTU Propane Torch Self Igniting with Turbo Blast Trigger and Flow Valve” • The “Flame King Propane Gas Torch Kit with 3 Burners for Melting and Brazing” …. & I guess that was a little more than 2 questions. Sorry about that.
The results are much lighter without torching. Yes the Berzomatic torch from HD will work. Blue is propane, yellow is MAP. MAP burns hotter. I prefer propane. Cheers
@@BuildDadBuild Okay so I took your advice completely & got the blue propane one (right on) it costed me less than $6 bucks & a friend let me borrow their torch top so I was doing pretty good - until it came time to get the denatured alcohol. DUDE. Apparently in California… you can’t buy denatured alcohol. I looked everywhere. Home Depot tried to hand me some… mineral spirits or whatever it was called.. Amazon had it but won’t deliver it to my CA address… I even hit up some of the more weird.. creepy man cave dwelling guys I know thinking they’d be sure to have it….. No one has any denatured alcohol though. 🤷🏼♀️So, what a girl to do man? You got a nice alternative?
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That red looks like you could use more red dye but maybe add a few drops of black to darken it just a little? The grape and the navy blue might need a brighter background, maybe stain it white or light grey first and then do grape or navy blue? I don't know if that would work, but I might try it myself.
Nice results. Be interested to see how the colors hold up with UV light. Will they fade? I did an experiment with some last year and they faded (in cedar). Tempted to try using water-based clear stain or urethane as the agent to apply the coloring. I've also tried printer refill ink, and loved the colors, but it is not water fast at all. With you on the melamine. Your vid on them a few months back got me to buy a big package of them.
I have used food coloring with denatured alcohol for my wood pieces for several years. They always come out good but they do fade faster than a normal dye when outside.
I see several of these videos about staining with vibrant colors but I haven't seen finished projects. Please show some projects you've used this on. Thanks.
Ex contractor from the US retired in the Philippines great idea I wanna try this I bought a resort on the beach products are hard to come by but food dyes everywhere ✅🇺🇸🇵🇭
I use gel food colourings, they are more concentrated, and vodka, same as i use when cake decorating, it mixes well and the vodka evaporates quickly leaving just the colour, red is the worst colour for depth, theres a red colouring thats called ‘red extra’ thats superconcentrated (sugarflair)
😉It is actually, Huckle Bearer. It is the piece of hardware on a casket that you carry the casket with. Holliday was warning Ringo that he was going to put him six feet under.
Wondering if the result would be the same if gel food coloring is used. Love how the original type worked out. Will have to use that in future projects.
I was wondering it too as well . I can say tho ive tried with dyes ment for cloths with vibrant results and also mixing acrylic paints with a light wood stain will still soaks in quite well , but i havent tried a bright color as these with my stain experiment yet as im going for a more rusty ,smokey type look on this current project but it is delivering great results in that visions path
Sweet. Showing this to my wife. Just made her a noodle board and was trying different stains. She is watching your video now to decide. Thank you for sharing.
I am in the Philippines finally starting some projects the reservation I have with all this stuff is that these may fade with sunlight like beetroot stain does. These are the best colours i have seen you do. I have megalomaniac sized wood projects in mind here starting with furniture. We have logging bans on wood here we should never have got here in the first place but that's another story. I like woods with reds in them so my way out is to use coconut wood, dirt cheap. So I tried to get Keda wood dye none available, Rit clothing dye none available so my last resort may be fountain pen ink. All that aside the Coconut lumber is good stuff but hell to work with it's chainsaw cut so you never even get one flat side to work off. The surface is pithy so buts of it can be soft if I can get hold of some sodium hydroxide and silica gel I will make some sodium silicate to harden the surface give it a try. I have experimented with heating not burning wood with a heat gun. It melts resins in the wood highlighting the grain I have not dyed such wood yet. I am making a coconut wood coffee table which I am going to dye red and post and my channel. That is if I can ever get hold of of anything red. I am considering cheap red lipstic.
I have found that food coloring fads fast in sunlight. Use a uv blocking clear coat to keep the color fresh for a few years. It gives a nice colored driftwood look for a long time. I switched to more durable dyes about 20 years ago that maintain a high vibrant color but they are more difficult to apply evenly.
I do like the green because I'm going to do something to my truck building a nice flatbed I would and I was trying to get some good ideas of what color should I use and that green looks freaking awesome. That would be pretty cool for a flatbed color
Thanks , and must have been a miss understanding . Even the middle of my board bubbled. The other woods I’ve been testing on didn’t do that . But thanks for the reply.
have you tried that with an oil based poly, for outdoor use projects? i can only assume if you let the wood dry for a couple days, the oil based poly would adhere well enough?
I might have just missed it all together but for the final mixing with the food color did we actually use lacquer or just good old life water h20?? And if you don't have that tool to remove the burnt wood would sand paper work?
Good ol' high quality H2O. I'd use something like a nylon scrub brush or wire brush. You no longer have a flat surface and sandpaper won't get in the nooks and crannies. Cheers
Until I get the restoring tool I use a wire brush. But I've thought of trying a wire wheel on a bench grinder one of these days. Shou Sugi Ban is just a pain in the ass. So I'm procrastinating on trying the wire wheel.
Have you ever painted a board vs dye, I’m working on a chair with an engraving on the head board. I plan to char and clean the wood then paint it and apply linseed oil versus any kind of sealer just using the old method of burn, brush, clean up and oil what you think?
Did your final mix that worked contain the alcohol or was it a different substance? Just making sure . I’m building a pantry out of charred wood and want to make it blue . I have a neon blue paint I can use . But I kinda want a cooler toned , more subtle look .
I did this on fir deck on my truck in pink with food colouring but I didn't seal it and it started to mold. I inquired at a few paint shops and they told me not to use food colouring so I sanded it all off wish I would have seen this video then I still have my nice pink deck thanks for the info
I'm mostly blind and I may have missed so I'm Just curious what was the final mix solution, water and coloring? Also, how did these hold up over time? Far as fading.
I am going to use multible colors for a wood plant stand I collected for free. The food coloring came out really great. I wonder if one need to bother to mix it with water for stronger color results. I have a slew of projects I am working on. I also wonder could I burn the wood on my stove? lol! My studio is my living room. Not ideal but making do!
Not diluting the food coloring is just going to get fairly expensive. You have to be able to get the boards to that gator finish to get the contrast, if you can do that on your stove, do it! Cheers
@@BuildDadBuild Haha! I am pretty sure that might be a bit risky. The burn is really nice though. I ordered the food coloring you suggested. I love the pink. I cleaned off the old wood bench last night and will start coloring today with the few basic colors I have. I am painting it on following the grain. Let's just see how it turns out. I had bought MIXOL from a guitar wood dyeing company which is expensive. And it's ok but I think the food coloring may have more variety for considerably less. One tiny bottle was $20. Ill share when I am finished!
I want to dye maple butcher block, but I will be Turing on it so I had planned to use a food safe stain. Well with maple being hard to stain I hear dye is better. So I want to use food coloring then tong oil over too. Think I could use citrus solvent or orange oil to get the oil deeper in the wood?
I'm building growbeds and just planned on the Shou Sugi Ban Method with Linseed oil but these colors look cool. My only concern is that we are using them to grow food. What would you recommend as a non toxic mix? Will food coloring mixed with water or linseed oil work to color it?
I have an old speaker from the 50s that im redoing and adding a bluetooth set up in that im building for my buddy that runs a hot rod/restoration shop with me and i was thinking of red until I saw that sky blue! Who would have thought food dye would pop like that! Him and his woman, mainly his woman seem to have an obsession with a similar blue, as they own a 56 Willys Jeep wagon and matching year Shasta trailer that are that and white as well as several other vintage items they have, so this will go well!
Does the color fade after awhile? I made a beet stain which looked stunning, but a few days later, after the clear coat even, it seeped through and came out, losing its reddish color.
i had an idea the other day for using cloth dye but seen this today and i love the neon colors, im curious how long it lasted and if you tryed vinegar like people do with easter eggs
The sealant he used will probably keep it from getting washed/rubbed away for a long time, but food coloring isn't lightfast so sunlight will cause the colors to fade/change within a few months. If you try it make sure to use a UV resistant sealant because that will make it last way longer, but it still won't be permanent unless you also keep it in a dark room where sunlight never hits it
So, I was looking to try this on a pine book case I just made from scrap wood I'm trying to use up before winter comes. And since this video is 9 months old I figured now would be a good time to ask; have the colors faded over time? If so, how much have they changed? Its just a pine book case, I can always make another, but I don't want to put a clear coat on it and end up hating how the thing looks this time next year.
Very cool! Love all the colors. Going to give this a try, just used your links to get the Food coloring and Melamine sponges. Waiting on my LongMill 30x30 CNC from Sienci Labs to be shipped! Got some crazy ideas in my head that need to be created. Keep up the good work, love what your doing.
I'm new to this and wanting to make a desk using 3/4 inch sanded popular plywood..at 70.00 a sheet..what pointers could you give me on my first charing? also I like the food coloring..in the video...I noticed you just let it soak over night.you didn't wipe it down like a stain..also did the water stain lift the grain of the wood? thank you for teaching other ideas
you know i cant find this anywhere so i thought id ask before i make a video for it. can you do a video on how to make a diy glow in the dark wood stain using an oil based stain containing europium doped strontium alluminate? ive got some glow pigment that id like to try and turn into a wood stain i think itd look great itd look like foxfire infected wood
The last time I tried this, I got an important phone call, had to take it and when I got back the chemical combo of the denatured alcohol and some of the food coloring had separated, or part of the food coloring had separated and I couldn't get it reabsorb into the solution, no matter how much I stirred it. I threw it out and hadn't tried again, because I'd been so busy with work.
I am living in Malaysia where tools are horribly expensive. I own no planers. No miter saw. No bench top saw. He'll... No saw!! (just kidding) I want to make a (something of a) cutting board table top island. I am thinking of adding dye, and coffee ), and wood stains and other things for color to some to some cheap 1 by 2's on the on the long end of the green (not the wide end) but the 1" end. Then, I will glue them altogether - hopefully they will be straight! - and sand them down only to a degree that is necessary, hoping the stain will not be removed. Question : Will the stain penetrate enough that I can sand (a little) and still keep the color? After that I want to put in some - I think, based on what I've read - mineral oil, then top it off with bees wax (which is very inexpensive) or minwax paste finishing wax. Any thoughts?
Couple questions for ya! 1) I dont drink. Does it work without the Whiskey? 2) Im a wood turner and make a lot of pens. How deep does the color go? 2) What is the reason for burning it first?
I'm going to do some guitar necks like this! I was planning to use artists ink but now I will try food colouring, much cheaper...thanks for this! btw.i like the greens and the pink 🙂
Hi. If I clear coat the wood after wood dying, will the sun make it faded over time? Looking to do my 66 gmc truck bed. I already made some test pieces.
This is amazing. I'm wanting to try this but the project I would like to do is large and would require a lot of food coloring so do you think fabric dye would work?
@@BuildDadBuild that's awesome to hear! As my only fear of trying this (or possibly Rit dyes) is that they would change color or fade completely. I've been trying to find other ways of coloring wood as I've been having mixed results with wood stains. I know they make dye specifically for wood, but I don't have easy access to get any and don't want to spend a ton to order some only to not like them. Hence what led me to looking at alternatives that might be more available for me. Have you happened to try any other dyes? Rit or actual wood dyes? Results or recommendations?
My wife and I sat and binged all of your videos on wood dyes and experiments 🧪 and she is very excited about using food coloring on an herb planter for our front yard garden. We both love the content and are always watching !!
I did this last year on a hickory handle. Use acetone instead of alcohol. Acetone has what it takes chemically to dissolve the ingredients in the food dye and get them to penetrate and mix into the natural oils in the wood.
acetone would have eaten the plastic cup too
@@stefanfyhn4668 Food coloring is water soluble. That's how it's used in food. We don't put acetone in cupcakes.
@@mstrivelli but you can. It will evaporate when heated.
@@mstrivelli Thank goodness we don't eat our wood creations then lol
@logicmind240 I can only report that the tool handle I mentioned is stil really red almost a year later. Try both and see which works better.
I do the burn and stain the beam centerpiece candle holders I make. Found out one day when I was ready to do the finishing on some candle holders, I was out of polyurethane. Had some spray shellac and decided to use that. Best decision. The shellac really makes the colors stand out and pop, as they call it. It's all I use on them now.
Thanks for the video. Might try the food coloring.
I would add pink to the red to make it redder. The yellow in the wood is creating the orange. Since the pink clearly has a bit of purple to neutralise the yellow then I think adding that to the red may balance it out. ’m not a color theory genius. I’ve been watching a ton of hair dying videos and am quite deep into color theory. Also this very thing happened to my hair.
When I do this I preheat the wood for a little while with a hair dryer. This opens the pores and allowed the coloring to better permeate the wood. Works great.
Thanks for the info!
I have to wonder, since food dye is water based, won't these just fade and change color especially in sunlight? Or bleed out onto other surfaces if they get wet?
All dye is water based... All dye fades as well...
Love the out results from the dye but im confused on what you mixed the food coloring in with, I know you started out with the denatured alcohol and then the lacquer thinner in the plastic cup, but what was in the measuring cup did you water down the lacquer? or was it just water lol
Water
You can add a tiny bit of green to the red to make it more vibrant or just apply a second coat after the first dries.
Tattoo ink... they have white. You can water it down and/or mix colors together. Having white to lighten is awesome.
My wife does this process but instead of food coloring, she uses spray paint onto a paper towel and then wipes it on there. Turns out looking amazing.
Very cool sounding indeed.
Cheers
@@BuildDadBuild DO IT.
Thanks for the idea.. will try it.. 👍
Yeah but I can't until spray paint in the basement during winter.
Can i ask if she would dampen the towel with soemthing like water or a thinners?
This sounds like something i will try ,,🤔
*It's always odd to me that people never had the sense to try this on their own.* I've made many stains and dyes and I've even used pen and marker inks. There's really no reason to spend a lot for dyes claimed to be formulated specifically for woods.
I've used RIT fabric dye many times in many different ways and in the end, the results are fabulous just as what you demonstrated.
*What's worth mentioning is if you do a mild black first, sand it out and then hit it with your color, most colors will look even better with the graining now having a black outline bleeding into the color,*
The purple turned out very nice! Looks like i'm adding food dye to my shopping list !
What did he use to get the color to stick he goes so fast
@@Heavyhearted44 the medium for the food color stain was water. The sealing was a spray on lacquer. I didn't see what brand but it looked like whatever cheap brand every hardware store has.
Hey. Hi. Wow what a great video. I got a question though. I actually have 2 questions. 1.) If you were to have done this WITHOUT the torching process - no fire …. How would the results have been different? & 2.) Will a Bernzomatic propane torch kit from Home Depot do the Trick? (They have the blue canister & the yellow one. I think they called the yellow one Map gas (?) …. What is the difference between the blue & the yellow? And which one would be best for this project?
• The “Bernzomatic Self-Igniting Basic Torch Head”
• The “Bernzomatic TS3500T Multi-Use Torch Head”
• The “Bernzomatic Trigger Start Torch Head”
• The “Flame King 340,000 BTU Propane Torch Self Igniting with Turbo Blast Trigger and Flow Valve”
• The “Flame King Propane Gas Torch Kit with 3 Burners for Melting and Brazing”
…. & I guess that was a little more than 2 questions. Sorry about that.
The results are much lighter without torching.
Yes the Berzomatic torch from HD will work.
Blue is propane, yellow is MAP. MAP burns hotter.
I prefer propane.
Cheers
@@BuildDadBuild Okay so I took your advice completely & got the blue propane one (right on) it costed me less than $6 bucks & a friend let me borrow their torch top so I was doing pretty good - until it came time to get the denatured alcohol. DUDE. Apparently in California… you can’t buy denatured alcohol. I looked everywhere. Home Depot tried to hand me some… mineral spirits or whatever it was called.. Amazon had it but won’t deliver it to my CA address… I even hit up some of the more weird.. creepy man cave dwelling guys I know thinking they’d be sure to have it…..
No one has any denatured alcohol though. 🤷🏼♀️So, what a girl to do man? You got a nice alternative?
Sky blue and some green grass makes for a nice dream summer cabin ;)
I have used blue and green food color mixed with denatured alcohol to dye my wood pieces for years. Always turns out different but always looks great.
I couldn’t get it to mix at all. Wonder if it’s the type of food coloring
how does it hold up over time? the color looks awesome in the video but i'm wondering if it keeps the richness long term?
@@JT-sr5fq my food colored dye wood projects all faded to zero color within 2 years. How about the OP?
I have found the same thing with a drum kit I built and stained with Blue food colouring. It especially happens faster if it has any sun light on it.
@@LitoGeorgeThis seems to be the most important comment on this video and it's gone unnoticed.
How long does the color stay? Will it fade faster than other stains?
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That red looks like you could use more red dye but maybe add a few drops of black to darken it just a little?
The grape and the navy blue might need a brighter background, maybe stain it white or light grey first and then do grape or navy blue? I don't know if that would work, but I might try it myself.
Nice results.
Be interested to see how the colors hold up with UV light. Will they fade? I did an experiment with some last year and they faded (in cedar).
Tempted to try using water-based clear stain or urethane as the agent to apply the coloring.
I've also tried printer refill ink, and loved the colors, but it is not water fast at all.
With you on the melamine. Your vid on them a few months back got me to buy a big package of them.
I mean...anything will fade in UV light eventually. Check out Total Boat Halcyon. It's UV resistant.
Cheers
I have used food coloring with denatured alcohol for my wood pieces for several years. They always come out good but they do fade faster than a normal dye when outside.
I see several of these videos about staining with vibrant colors but I haven't seen finished projects. Please show some projects you've used this on. Thanks.
Awesome, first used torch wood technique 40 years ago in shop class.
Ex contractor from the US retired in the Philippines great idea I wanna try this I bought a resort on the beach products are hard to come by but food dyes everywhere ✅🇺🇸🇵🇭
I'm not surprised that it works. Last year I switched from using stains or colored finishes to using alcohol ink for colorants.
I use gel food colourings, they are more concentrated, and vodka, same as i use when cake decorating, it mixes well and the vodka evaporates quickly leaving just the colour, red is the worst colour for depth, theres a red colouring thats called ‘red extra’ thats superconcentrated (sugarflair)
😉It is actually, Huckle Bearer. It is the piece of hardware on a casket that you carry the casket with. Holliday was warning Ringo that he was going to put him six feet under.
That’s an internet myth. The script very distinctly says huckleberry. And Val Kilmer himself has confirmed the word was huckleberry. 👍🏻👍🏻
Do you need to torch the wood first or can you do it without ?
Wondering if the result would be the same if gel food coloring is used. Love how the original type worked out. Will have to use that in future projects.
I was wondering it too as well .
I can say tho ive tried with dyes ment for cloths with vibrant results and also mixing acrylic paints with a light wood stain will still soaks in quite well , but i havent tried a bright color as these with my stain experiment yet as im going for a more rusty ,smokey type look on this current project but it is delivering great results in that visions path
I was thinking the same as the gel food coloring is way more pigmented.
Sweet. Showing this to my wife. Just made her a noodle board and was trying different stains. She is watching your video now to decide. Thank you for sharing.
I'm wondering if you could just add food coloring to a water based polyurethane to skip a step. Having your die and sealer all in one?
Sure. Knock yourself out
I am in the Philippines finally starting some projects the reservation I have with all this stuff is that these may fade with sunlight like beetroot stain does. These are the best colours i have seen you do. I have megalomaniac sized wood projects in mind here starting with furniture. We have logging bans on wood here we should never have got here in the first place but that's another story. I like woods with reds in them so my way out is to use coconut wood, dirt cheap. So I tried to get Keda wood dye none available, Rit clothing dye none available so my last resort may be fountain pen ink.
All that aside the Coconut lumber is good stuff but hell to work with it's chainsaw cut so you never even get one flat side to work off. The surface is pithy so buts of it can be soft if I can get hold of some sodium hydroxide and silica gel I will make some sodium silicate to harden the surface give it a try. I have experimented with heating not burning wood with a heat gun. It melts resins in the wood highlighting the grain I have not dyed such wood yet. I am making a coconut wood coffee table which I am going to dye red and post and my channel. That is if I can ever get hold of of anything red. I am considering cheap red lipstic.
Check out leather dyes. Same ingredients as Keda and cheaper. And look into Total Boat Halcyon finish. It's UV resistant.
Cheers
I'm officially going to redo my display shelf. They all look awsome!
I watched the video because I thought you were the guitarist for Def Leppard. Nice work!
when you used "The restorer" you used sand paper in it or used with the nylon brush without adding something ?
Just the nylon brush.
I have found that food coloring fads fast in sunlight. Use a uv blocking clear coat to keep the color fresh for a few years. It gives a nice colored driftwood look for a long time. I switched to more durable dyes about 20 years ago that maintain a high vibrant color but they are more difficult to apply evenly.
I have boards in the shop that haven’t lost any color in over 2 years. Use a good UV resistant finish. 👍🏻
The neon blue, purple and neon green are by far my favs
I do like the green because I'm going to do something to my truck building a nice flatbed I would and I was trying to get some good ideas of what color should I use and that green looks freaking awesome. That would be pretty cool for a flatbed color
Thanks , and must have been a miss understanding . Even the middle of my board bubbled. The other woods I’ve been testing on didn’t do that . But thanks for the reply.
Any bubbling is usually caused by sap in the wood.
@ thank you
Beautiful. Well done you have given a lot of people many ideas! Thanks mate
have you tried that with an oil based poly, for outdoor use projects? i can only assume if you let the wood dry for a couple days, the oil based poly would adhere well enough?
I haven’t tried it. But I would think your assumptions are accurate.
I might have just missed it all together but for the final mixing with the food color did we actually use lacquer or just good old life water h20??
And if you don't have that tool to remove the burnt wood would sand paper work?
Good ol' high quality H2O.
I'd use something like a nylon scrub brush or wire brush. You no longer have a flat surface and sandpaper won't get in the nooks and crannies.
Cheers
Until I get the restoring tool I use a wire brush. But I've thought of trying a wire wheel on a bench grinder one of these days. Shou Sugi Ban is just a pain in the ass. So I'm procrastinating on trying the wire wheel.
Awesome, this is the best idea for my kids computer table. Wonder how its gonna look on different types of wood.
Have you ever painted a board vs dye, I’m working on a chair with an engraving on the head board. I plan to char and clean the wood then paint it and apply linseed oil versus any kind of sealer just using the old method of burn, brush, clean up and oil what you think?
I like the dye better because it doesn't cover up the wood grain. But it's all personal preference in the end!
Cheers
I don’t understand what you did here? Did you end up using just water? Or lacquer thinner mixed with water?
Water
So you just used regular water to mix? Looking at trying this finish on a charred bass I'm building
Yessir. Just water and food coloring.
Cheers
Great video! Very informative & entertaining! Thank you so much! I can’t believe how beautiful the colors turned out!🤩
Did your final mix that worked contain the alcohol or was it a different substance? Just making sure . I’m building a pantry out of charred wood and want to make it blue . I have a neon blue paint I can use . But I kinda want a cooler toned , more subtle look .
water
As a good dye user who knows nothing about wood stain, you started with the hardest color. Red is notoriously tough to get in frosting.
Red is usually the easiest color to get right when dyeing wood. LOL
I did this on fir deck on my truck in pink with food colouring but I didn't seal it and it started to mold. I inquired at a few paint shops and they told me not to use food colouring so I sanded it all off wish I would have seen this video then I still have my nice pink deck thanks for the info
I'm mostly blind and I may have missed so I'm Just curious what was the final mix solution, water and coloring? Also, how did these hold up over time? Far as fading.
Yup, water in the end. Someone upthread suggested vinegar would also work.
was just wondering....how long does the color hold up before it fades,or does it?
I've had boards in the shop that look just as good a year later.
I was just wondering what brand of food coloring you used. Cause in the link there isn't a specific one?
This is the link:
ruclips.net/video/bUk3haIS8ZM/видео.html
I am going to use multible colors for a wood plant stand I collected for free. The food coloring came out really great. I wonder if one need to bother to mix it with water for stronger color results. I have a slew of projects I am working on. I also wonder could I burn the wood on my stove? lol! My studio is my living room. Not ideal but making do!
Not diluting the food coloring is just going to get fairly expensive. You have to be able to get the boards to that gator finish to get the contrast, if you can do that on your stove, do it!
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@@BuildDadBuild Haha! I am pretty sure that might be a bit risky. The burn is really nice though. I ordered the food coloring you suggested. I love the pink. I cleaned off the old wood bench last night and will start coloring today with the few basic colors I have. I am painting it on following the grain. Let's just see how it turns out. I had bought MIXOL from a guitar wood dyeing company which is expensive. And it's ok but I think the food coloring may have more variety for considerably less. One tiny bottle was $20. Ill share when I am finished!
I want to dye maple butcher block, but I will be Turing on it so I had planned to use a food safe stain. Well with maple being hard to stain I hear dye is better.
So I want to use food coloring then tong oil over too.
Think I could use citrus solvent or orange oil to get the oil deeper in the wood?
I will be cutting on it and dealing with tung oil
Try it!
Those turned out BEAUTIFUL
They look amazing. How did the food colouring hold up a year later?
What alcotos used to mix the food dye? Im goingyto try this
Holds up great. Mixed with water.
I'm building growbeds and just planned on the Shou Sugi Ban Method with Linseed oil but these colors look cool. My only concern is that we are using them to grow food. What would you recommend as a non toxic mix? Will food coloring mixed with water or linseed oil work to color it?
I think your grow beds will cause the colors to run.
I have an old speaker from the 50s that im redoing and adding a bluetooth set up in that im building for my buddy that runs a hot rod/restoration shop with me and i was thinking of red until I saw that sky blue! Who would have thought food dye would pop like that! Him and his woman, mainly his woman seem to have an obsession with a similar blue, as they own a 56 Willys Jeep wagon and matching year Shasta trailer that are that and white as well as several other vintage items they have, so this will go well!
Sweet!
Does the color fade after awhile?
I made a beet stain which looked stunning, but a few days later, after the clear coat even, it seeped through and came out, losing its reddish color.
Those samples have been sitting in the shop for over a year. Look the same.
i had an idea the other day for using cloth dye but seen this today and i love the neon colors, im curious how long it lasted and if you tryed vinegar like people do with easter eggs
The sealant he used will probably keep it from getting washed/rubbed away for a long time, but food coloring isn't lightfast so sunlight will cause the colors to fade/change within a few months. If you try it make sure to use a UV resistant sealant because that will make it last way longer, but it still won't be permanent unless you also keep it in a dark room where sunlight never hits it
I was wondering, did you mix it with just water when doing this process?
Just water.
cool. the first question that comes to mind is are they durable? do they fade? how quickly?
I’ve had these boards out in the shop (so not in direct sun) for over a year and they are the same color.
@@BuildDadBuild thank you for your response and video. It was very helpful.
So, I was looking to try this on a pine book case I just made from scrap wood I'm trying to use up before winter comes. And since this video is 9 months old I figured now would be a good time to ask; have the colors faded over time? If so, how much have they changed?
Its just a pine book case, I can always make another, but I don't want to put a clear coat on it and end up hating how the thing looks this time next year.
Not at all. Now they’re in the shop so they don’t see direct sun, but they are the same color they were 9 months ago. Maybe slightly darker.
Do you think resin would be safe to use on food coloring?
Very cool! Love all the colors. Going to give this a try, just used your links to get the Food coloring and Melamine sponges. Waiting on my LongMill 30x30 CNC from Sienci Labs to be shipped! Got some crazy ideas in my head that need to be created. Keep up the good work, love what your doing.
Let me know how you like the LongMill. That's on my list of possible next purchases!
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Was the wood sanded before you torched it?or would that tone down the grain if it was? or bring it out or not
The brush is your sander.
I'm new to this and wanting to make a desk using 3/4 inch sanded popular plywood..at 70.00 a sheet..what pointers could you give me on my first charing? also I like the food coloring..in the video...I noticed you just let it soak over night.you didn't wipe it down like a stain..also did the water stain lift the grain of the wood? thank you for teaching other ideas
Do not burn plywood. It doesn’t take well.
The link for the dye isn't working ... could you tell me the brand name? Thx!
Pretty sure this is the same stuff. But any food coloring should work.
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Cool. Did you use water or alcohol with the colours?
water
Now this is badass. Plain and simple. Gorgeous dude.
The Jason mask is very cool. Can you use a hand sander after burning to bring out the grain or will that not work?
NOt really. You need to be able to get into the grain.
I absolutely love your video cover, I want to experiment now
WOW, i wish i knew of this 35 years ago when i was woodworking and woodcarving. thanks for the info.
I'm doing a bunch of- Shou Sugi Ban but I'm having an issue sometimes with the board of warping. Is there something I can do to keep it from happening
burn slower and steadier. Also wet the board as you burn.
ohhhh nice bro!!!
then you use water and food coloring? i wanna try make it
And so what did you make with these pieces of wood. Can you show us a finished one
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How would the food coloring for stain last on raised garden beds?
Would linseed or tung oil help with sealing colored raised garden beds?
I would use a UV resistant top coat.
what did you end up mixing the dye with. It seemed like you jumped from denatured alcohol to something else but that seemed to have gotten edited out.
Water
@@BuildDadBuild thanks...
I for some reason aleays apply stain and sometimes polly with a sponge. Works great. Ill cut it up into tinny pieces and throw them out after
Is this food safe when done? Be kinda cool for cutting boards.
It’s water soluble so that might not be the best application.
Do you think you could color the wood and then glue them together?
Yes
I will make some test pieces this weekend.
With such great results, how much water would it take to just use all of the food coloring or won't it have a long shelf life?
I don't know how long the shelf life is. But I usually try to only mix the quantity I'm going to use.
you know i cant find this anywhere so i thought id ask before i make a video for it.
can you do a video on how to make a diy glow in the dark wood stain using an oil based stain containing europium doped strontium alluminate?
ive got some glow pigment that id like to try and turn into a wood stain i think itd look great itd look like foxfire infected wood
How deep does the color penetrate? If you sand will the color come off?
About an 8th-16th of an inch deep
The last time I tried this, I got an important phone call, had to take it and when I got back the chemical combo of the denatured alcohol and some of the food coloring had separated, or part of the food coloring had separated and I couldn't get it reabsorb into the solution, no matter how much I stirred it. I threw it out and hadn't tried again, because I'd been so busy with work.
That is awesome! I actually like the dark ones as well. Very subtle which is more to some peoples tastes.
Agreed,
And thank you!
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What kind of alchihol do you use?
Hey man, can I use acrylic paint and water it down and get the same product?
It probably won’t be exactly the same. Dye and paint are different beasts. But try it!
So in the end is it just water and food dye?
Yup
thanks for reply@@BuildDadBuild
If you try using the paste style food coloring you shouldn't need as much. There are more colors and shades to choose from as well.
Really cool. I wonder how the colors hold up in direct sunlight even when top-coated... I almost bought the Keda Dye kit till i saw this video. ;)
I am living in Malaysia where tools are horribly expensive. I own no planers. No miter saw. No bench top saw. He'll... No saw!! (just kidding)
I want to make a (something of a) cutting board table top island.
I am thinking of adding dye, and coffee ), and wood stains and other things for color to some to some cheap 1 by 2's on the on the long end of the green (not the wide end) but the 1" end.
Then, I will glue them altogether - hopefully they will be straight! - and sand them down only to a degree that is necessary, hoping the stain will not be removed.
Question : Will the stain penetrate enough that I can sand (a little) and still keep the color?
After that I want to put in some - I think, based on what I've read - mineral oil, then top it off with bees wax (which is very inexpensive) or minwax paste finishing wax.
Any thoughts?
Dyes don’t penetrate really deep unless you soak them.
@@BuildDadBuild Great. Thank you for the tip.
Couple questions for ya! 1) I dont drink. Does it work without the Whiskey? 2) Im a wood turner and make a lot of pens. How deep does the color go? 2) What is the reason for burning it first?
The wood burning is a treatment. The dye doesn’t penetrate very deep. But I’ve never tried soaking in it.
Hi. Can I get information on the electric brush?
Check the description for details.
I'm going to do some guitar necks like this! I was planning to use artists ink but now I will try food colouring, much cheaper...thanks for this! btw.i like the greens and the pink 🙂
Awesome!
Beautiful work friend, my little question, can we used any other dying colours, or a only food colour
Any food coloring should work.
Hi. If I clear coat the wood after wood dying, will the sun make it faded over time? Looking to do my 66 gmc truck bed. I already made some test pieces.
Use an UV resistant top coat
@@BuildDadBuild my man. Thanks for all the videos.
This is amazing. I'm wanting to try this but the project I would like to do is large and would require a lot of food coloring so do you think fabric dye would work?
You can try it. I haven't had great success with it, but I know other folks have.
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I wonder if you would have a difference with the different types of food coloring's, like the powdered kind.
would love to see the video of this on a lager scale like a wishing well, picnic table, diy patio furniture and see how well it holds up over time.
Just found this video.
How do the colors hold up to light exposure?
I've had samples in the shop (not direct sunlight) for over a year and the color has only deepened.
@@BuildDadBuild that's awesome to hear! As my only fear of trying this (or possibly Rit dyes) is that they would change color or fade completely.
I've been trying to find other ways of coloring wood as I've been having mixed results with wood stains.
I know they make dye specifically for wood, but I don't have easy access to get any and don't want to spend a ton to order some only to not like them.
Hence what led me to looking at alternatives that might be more available for me.
Have you happened to try any other dyes? Rit or actual wood dyes? Results or recommendations?
My wife and I sat and binged all of your videos on wood dyes and experiments 🧪 and she is very excited about using food coloring on an herb planter for our front yard garden. We both love the content and are always watching !!
Awesome. And much appreciated!
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