Wood Stain in Colors

What brand did you use? I just bought some today, called "Woodburst," and am very disappointed with the color.

-- Matthew

Did you follow the same method that Bri described, shaking a ziplock baggy with the stain and pieces inside?

-Bryk

Greetings,
Glad it worked for you! Mineral oil from the pharmacy gives a nice finish, not too glossy and makes the colors a bit darker and richer. Very cheap to use.

I'm testing a 25% beeswax and 75% walnut oil mixture applied to the warmed wood bits. They sure smell good! The wax lends a nice slightly 'non-slip' grip and the walnut oil cures to a hard oil finish. I've used it on my carved wooden spoons with great results.

I use the clear minwax with custom tints. The joe behind the counter didn't use the right formula for red and I ended up with a magenta for $1/quart. Nice, but not what I asked for. Haven't shopped for a while, does anyone know of a source for the basic colors red, green, blue and black in waterbased stains?

Play well,
Bryanna

Greetings,

I heated the several tablespoons of oil in the microwave and added a small chunk of filtered natural beeswax. Keep stirring until the beeswax melts. When cool it is soft-solid, like room temperature butter.

For my wooden spoons, I heat them one at a time in the microwave for 9 seconds. It's very warm, but still able to hold in my bare hands. Rub a bit of the beeswax mix onto my hands then caress the spoon all over. Let cool and repeat several thin coats and end with a vigorous buff with a cotton cloth.

For checkers I'm trying to find a way to do them in batches of 50-100. Maybe heat the checkers in a low oven in a steel mixing bowl. Heat the wax/oil in the microwave and drizzle sparingly over the checkers while stirring. To buff, I would tumble them in a pillowcase in the clothes dryer set on air. Now I haven't tried it yet, but In Theory it should work.

Let me know your results!
Thanks,
Bryanna

K.

I love your avatar, Kreitler :)

TTT for me ;D

Thanks Zzzzz