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huisme
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I'm Marc, but not that Marc.
How does locust take leather dye?
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October 21, 2014, 11:06:09 pm »
I've stained a fine maple or two, but beyond that I've left the locust I use more often u touched I. It's natural glory
However, I'm thinking some orange with red stripes fading to black in the levers would look great. Will locust take the dye well?
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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
Pat B
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Re: How does locust take leather dye?
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October 21, 2014, 11:17:04 pm »
Yes, locust takes leather dye pretty well. I rarely dye bow wood anymore but used to when locust was my primary bow wood years ago.
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wizardgoat
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Re: How does locust take leather dye?
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October 22, 2014, 01:49:44 am »
Definitely test it on a scrap piece. I learned that the hard way
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Badly Bent
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Re: How does locust take leather dye?
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October 22, 2014, 09:53:27 pm »
Can look good with dye but I would dilute the dye a bit and experiment on some scraps as wizardgoat suggested. Dyes can often take on a different look or color on different woods as you probably already know.
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huisme
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Re: How does locust take leather dye?
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October 22, 2014, 11:58:01 pm »
Yeah I thought it'd be best to sand and stain some of the larger shavings around here to get an idea of how it'd really look if you guys thought it was worth it.
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Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
mullet
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Eddie Parker
Re: How does locust take leather dye?
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October 23, 2014, 01:12:32 pm »
It takes stain very good. Steve Parker has made some nice Locust bows with real cool, looking, stain jobs.
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