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How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - Blackberry - 10-17-2017
Want to permanently change wood to black. Have used India Ink and steel wool and vinegar. Any recommended way to achieve better results? Appreciate input!
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - Chuck Nickerson - 10-17-2017
What were your issues with India Ink and the other treatment: not black enough, not deep enough, too difficult?
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - badwhiskey - 10-17-2017
It doesn’t get much blacker than India ink. What went wrong there? Also what kind of wood?
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - Steve N - 10-17-2017
Wood is a varied word, but in your case the type will respond differently. Whatchausing?
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - tomsteve - 10-17-2017
start with a wood thats already black,like ebony????
or black paint?
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - packerguy® - 10-17-2017
(10-17-2017, 10:31 AM)Blackberry Wrote: Want to permanently change wood to black. Have used India Ink and steel wool and vinegar. Any recommended way to achieve better results? Appreciate input!
India ink is the best thing I have found and my go to.
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - FloridaRetiree - 10-17-2017
I was always successful with one or more washes of water based black aniline dies . . . with a couple drops of dish washing detergent to break down surface tension.
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RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - BaileyNo5 - 10-17-2017
(10-17-2017, 10:31 AM)Blackberry Wrote: Want to permanently change wood to black. Have used India Ink and steel wool and vinegar. Any recommended way to achieve better results? Appreciate input!
Here's some maple that I blackened with several applications of a very stiff tea, followed by the steel wool/vinegar mixture. It's about as black as you can get, and it's held the color for about a year laying around the shop.
![[Image: 37056953714_b3f71c6903_z.jpg]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4498/37056953714_b3f71c6903_z.jpg)
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - Blackberry - 10-17-2017
(10-17-2017, 10:31 AM)Blackberry Wrote: Want to permanently change wood to black. Have used India Ink and steel wool and vinegar. Any recommended way to achieve better results? Appreciate input!
Trying to see if there was a more suitable method of giving my wood a more permanent black color. What I have been doing works but always looking for other proven techniques. I use black Walnut wood. Looks like what I have been doing is a good choice. Appreciate the input!
RE: How to Permanently Blacken Wood? - Cooler - 10-18-2017
The Japanese technique, shou-sugi-ban uses flames to both darken the wood and to make it resistant to weather and insect damage. I have not seen samples up close but have seen images of a house clad in shou-sugi-ban treated siding and it looked very black. No top finish however.
Perhaps a combination of shou-sugi-ban and dye or stain.
![[Image: 36f82712f0cea74da7009712e0504398--house-...stairs.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/36/f8/27/36f82712f0cea74da7009712e0504398--house-stairs-wood-stairs.jpg)