Odd results with Black!

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Brooks803

Brooks803

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So as many of you know I've been experimenting with a new pigment for cactus juice. I had awesome results with the Red, but I had mixed results with the Black. Even though they are mixed results...it might be a cool thing in the end. Some came out pitch black even without a finish on them. Others had a two tone effect with black and navy blue even though it was just the straight black pigment (and all blanks were done together in the same batch). I took plenty of pics so you'll see what I mean.

Here are all the blanks together. From top to bottom; Box Elder Burl, Maple Burl, Sycamore, Hickory or Pecan, and last is Spalted Beech:

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Here's the Maple burl a bit closer:

Side A has no finish to it. You can really see the color variation!

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Side B is the opposite side of the same blank, but it has a layer of CA on it to show how it'd look finished.

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Then I got curious about color penetration so I cut a cross section.

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This is either Hickory or Pecan...the way the color fades in and out is amazing! I'm planning on making this one into a stylus.

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Then we have the Box Elder Burl:

A before and after type of shot. This has no CA on it to show how black it is on it's own.

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Then I couldn't help but take a group shot! I wish I could segment bc these would make an awesome segmented pen! The Black Box Elder Burl has CA on it in this pic.

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I did take pics of the Spalted Beech, but it was so black you couldn't see make anything out! :cool::biggrin:
 
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It may not have been the result you were looking for but the I think the blanks that have the blues in them are sweet! And you're totally right about those three blanks making a gorgeous segmented pen.
 
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I may be stating the obvious, but if the only variable is the species of the timber, then it seems to me that if you want a jet/dark black you go with species A; a midnight blue species B; a mix of black and blue, species C ... and if you want a really dark purple-ish black and blue, close your eyes and walk into the edge of a door :wink::wink::biggrin:
 
GaryMGg said:
Do a WHITE and a slighty lighter blue!!! :biggrin:
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Ya know...I asked this company if they had a white pigment. I thought it'd be awesome to "bleach" something and see how it came out. Sadly, they don't.


On a side note. I did turn that piece of hickory/pecan into a small stylus yesterday. You can see the color variance a little. After putting on the CA you can hardly tell it's wood unless you hold it in direct lighting.
 
Brooks803 said:
So as many of you know I've been experimenting with a new pigment for cactus juice. I had awesome results with the Red, but I had mixed results with the Black. Even though they are mixed results...it might be a cool thing in the end. Some came out pitch black even without a finish on them. Others had a two tone effect with black and navy blue even though it was just the straight black pigment (and all blanks were done together in the same batch). I took plenty of pics so you'll see what I mean.

Here are all the blanks together. From top to bottom; Box Elder Burl, Maple Burl, Sycamore, Hickory or Pecan, and last is Spalted Beech:

I did take pics of the Spalted Beech, but it was so black you couldn't see make anything out! :cool::biggrin:
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G'day,

You obviously have written/posted something about your intentions to try these dying tests with the Cactus Juice, before The thread of the red blank I commented on, you obviously have mentioned the use of the Cactus Juice but, I didn't know, reason of my question, sorry...!

Is no news to anyone that, I like also to "experiment", and while your wood species a different than mine, the results are as inconsistent or unexpected, as mine are. This doesn't make them better or worse, unexpected sometimes is very good, sometimes not so much but that is how he discover new things, huh...???

The very first pigments/colourants I used when I started casting, where very liquid and translucent, a special breed of colourants that, I didn't like that much for the castings that I envisaged, later I found out that, the fault was not from the colourant but mine, what I wanted to created, was done with a totally different type of colourants, such as the Pearlex powders. Anyway, I should have some left somewhere, they "should " work on the CJ and I shall try some and see how they come out...!

There are so many woods that, don't really have much to go for, particularly in the colour(s) department but that, come alive when stained/dyed. Those are the woods that are worthwhile experimenting with, the results can be a pleasant surprised...!

You're doing good work, mate...!:wink::eek:

Cheers
George
 
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