Thread: Coloring and grain filling with true oil, and shellac the woodworkers best friend!

Here are some test pieces I did with coloring with paint and true oil. I used black leather dye first; let it dry overnight, then used 220 grit paper to sand all the surface dye off while still leaving most in the grain ( I should have done better prep, but this was cheap basswood to play with). Next I mixed some of the paint with the true oil and started rubbing it in. Now the cabernet color actually was the red that mixed with some of the black and I liked it so I left it alone; the other red I put a coat of shellac between the dye and the oil and paint layer. I used shellac to seal the color in, then you just apply your final finish coats of true oil, varnish, epoxy, ca, or poly. The paint has to dry about a week, but rustoleum makes a oil paint accelerator in a spray can (hobby lobby in the paint and brush and canvas isle). Took my dry time down to 3 days, less if you go liter on the paint. I also did a black dye, shellac, gray, shellac, and marine blue (looked like denim when I was done), but I used it to make a bench strop for Kwilliams on the forum here and epoxied some rough leather and crox so he could try the pasted strop method out on his blades, so I didn't have a pic of that one
Hope this helps some folks and gives some creative ideas. HAVE FUN FELLAS'! Attached Images