I appreciate it, looks like that's the way I'm gonna go. Now I've heard really good things about this brand of spray shellac being used as an intermediary coat between dyed wood and the final finish. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. Brand New. And that has worked well. It appears to be really clear, with no noticeable yellowing. Comparatively, water-based dyes can dry in about four hours. It worked really well. I really don't think you'll notice any amber color. Well, it is. On the Keda youtube channel, he seals his dyed woods with some krylon clear acrylic: https://www.krylon.com/products/crystal-clear-acrylic/. This is not the average wood finish, and is one of the best wood stains you can buy at a VERY fair price. I've used Keda dyes to do two bursts on guitars, that stuff is great! Preferably something that doesn't break the bank! Sounds great right? I recently used Keda dye powder to get an awesome charcoal burst that I'm really happy with: But now I've got a bit of a problem. Jan 12, 2020 - Alcohol Dye Colors from Keda Dye is an excellent value and has a premium quality wood stain quality for coloring wood. I was pretty settled on using it until I saw this: http://www.tdpri.com/threads/black-stain-diy-on-tele.513785/, Here's an album with the images I'm talking about: https://imgur.com/a/CFLwoge. The two types of dye you will almost always use are powders that dissolve in water and dye already in liquid form. They provide deeper, more even penetration than pigment stains, particularly on hard woods such as maple. My plan was water based poly after seeing some incredible results using inexpensive polyurethane. New (2) from $17.50 & FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00 Plus of course shellac is the universal sealer so it's compatible with any top coat you'd like. Hopefully this gives a … Frequently referred to as Aniline Dye, these pre-dissolved liquid dye concentrates are easier to use than powders. Buy It Now. • 1 oz bottle easily makes 55-75 ounces of alcohol based vibrant stain dye. Each of the 5 wood dye colors will contain 1 oz of highly color potent alcohol based wood dye. It did originally go on a bit purple but you can increase the ratio of powder to liquid to correct this. The aim for KEDA Wood Dye is to provide a dye that colors wood without covering up the nat… So far I've read blogs and watched YouTube just to get myself to a point of passable basic technique. 5.0 out of 5 stars. Problem: Lack of Available Mixing Recipes I'm fairly new to this myself. I would say it could definitely get a similar color to what you're looking for. • Wood dyes mix with reagents like: Lacquer Thinner, Alcohols, Acetone, etc. Finden Sie Top-Angebote für Braun Dye | Keda Liquid Alkohol Holz Dye | macht 55 OZ Solvent Dye Färbung bei eBay. Keda liquid dye mixes with many types of reagents such as: Lacquer Thinner, Alcohols, Acetone, Water, but work best as an alcohol dye. 1/4th tsp Keda Blue Dye Liquid into 4 ounces lacquer thinner Diluted Blue is 7 drops of Keda Liquid Blue Dye into 2 oz lacquer thinner. This is the info I'd been trying to find most of all, but there are surprisingly few mentions of light coats of shellac that I could find. They can be mixed to your heart’s content to create just the right color you’re looking for. If somebody happens to know where to get it on the cheap...). At the thicknesses you're going to be spraying it, the shellac should stay completely clear. Keda Yellow Dye Liquid Makes Vibrant Yellow Wood Stain From Keda Alcohol Dyes. However I personally stopped using the zinsser shellac as their cans aren't dated any more. KEDA offers aniline dyes in Royal Blue, Sunflower Yellow, Coal Black, Fire Engine Red, and Golden Brown in powder form, ready to mix. A good starting ratio is 1/4th tsp. Keda Dye is very proud to present our liquid dye concentrate format of highly color potent, vibrant liquid alcohol dye, in our traditional (5) liquid organic dye color kit. Transtint probably starts out with very similar powdered dyes and then mixes them with water, alcohol, or other medium to make it liquid. BigDguitars on youtube has a couple videos on how to do a blackburst with liquid dyes. The trick is to spray very thin "mist" coats. Has anybody ever gone for a black/charcoal grey-type finish using Keda? Keda Dye is very proud to present our liquid dye concentrate format of highly color potent, vibrant liquid alcohol dye, in our traditional (5) liquid organic dye color kit. On both builds I sprayed shellac to seal in the dye. See details - Keda Dye Color Kit 5 Color Wood Dyes Makes 5 Quarts In 5 Wood Stain Colors. Simply mix our powder dye colors with warm water or isopropyl alcohol for amazing results. It can sometimes appear slightly blue/purple after dyeing, but once you put on a coat of clear it should darken up nicely. It worked really well. The back worries me much less, because it's done in an oil-based dark brown stain that should take pretty much any top coat: https://i.imgur.com/IKbslci.jpg. "Each one of the official Keda Dye five wood dye colors, can produce about 1 quart (946 mls) of vibrant wood stain. That means Keda liquid dye mixes with numerous types of non oil base top coat sealers as well as epoxy resin, making it a great way to color epoxy, shellac, and lacquer, as well as being a color potent dye stain. Each one of the official Keda Dye five wood dye colors, can produce about 1 quart (946 mls) of vibrant wood stain. • 1 oz bottle easily makes 55-75 ounces of alcohol based vibrant stain dye. Just looking for impressions on the dye before I decide to either apply it, or switch to Transtint. Wood Dyes are eco-friendly, offer vibrant wood dye colors, and are very powerful. This results in extremely vibrant, highly concentrated, and powerful wood dye products. I recently used Keda black dye on my first build. • Wood dyes mix with reagents like: Lacquer Thinner, Alcohols, Acetone, etc. I've seen a lot of amazing projects using Keda on this sub, but they tend to be colored. The color is more translucent than the color from a wood stain. • Wood dyes mix with reagents like: Lacquer Thinner, Alcohols, Acetone, etc. If you don’t like it, add other colors and go from there. The first one is what you've linked to. I need to have a sealer between the guitar and the poly. I use water-based analine dyes because I'd read that alcohol-based dyes dry to quickly to give you an adequate working time, but I've yet to try the alcohol-based variety to verify that first-hand. It's an LP kit, spalted maple top (that I have been informed will take dye, but not necessarily stain) with a mahogany neck and body from the Fretwire. C $23.68. It’s really really hard to get black or grey to look good because the yellow of the maple shows through and your sanding has to be exact to get a gentle fade but I’ve seen people do it by hand before. This rising legendary 5 color wood staining kit contains the rich, and vibrant primary dye colors of Black, Blue, Brown, Red, and Yellow, per every wood dye stain kit. ), but have also heard from other folks that they've seen it go on a bit too blue/purple. I've used Keda dyes to do two bursts on guitars, that stuff is great! However, my color choices have been ad hoc. They never contain any filler, which can reduce color potency. I don't have any maple on hand to do a color test on, but I did have some light-ish colored pine, and the dye went on quite black. I'm also a big fan of binding being white and staying white, so I'm not looking to go with nitro if I can avoid it. The second option, which I now use, is to mix your own shellac and spray it with a Preval sprayer. will mix with water, but 50 edel mit Namen vom Kind/Baby bedruckte Eleg.-Dinner-Servietten zur/für TAUFE. • 1 oz bottle easily makes 55-75 ounces of alcohol based vibrant stain dye. I actually just oversprayed the purple bass with StewMac "modern clear" lacquer again from a Preval. Brand New . Leicht zu reinigen. Apply the dyed shellac to the colorless area for an invisible repair. I'd recommend buying "platina" dewaxed shellac flakes, which are the most clear version. And oil-based dye has such an extended drying time that you may lose a couple days in the shop watching oil dry. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Wood dye (also known as wood tint) is comprised of a colorant and a solvent (like alcohol or water). Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.krylon.com/products/crystal-clear-acrylic/. Thanks so much for the information, particularly this: At the thicknesses you're going to be spraying it, the shellac should stay completely clear. Mar 19, 2020 - Alcohol Dye Colors from Keda Dye is an excellent value and has a premium quality wood stain quality for coloring wood. The great thing about black though is that if you don’t like the color, sand it down and it’ll pop the grain when you put a lighter color over it. will mix with water, but is not as color potent as with solvent. Again this is another advantage of the Preval, as you can be sure you're using the most clear shellac type. Mar 11, 2020 - Keda Alcohol Dye Colors Wood Stain Dyes That Creates Vibrant Wood Coloring Enter the problem: The water-based poly spray can I'm using (varathane, clear gloss) is leeching some of the dye out of the wood. Each of the 5 wood dye colors will contain 1 oz of highly color potent alcohol based wood dye. BWGuitars, May 20, 2013 #2. Working on a guitar kit, pretty much ready to apply color. You have two options for the shellac. If you haven't already, try asking this question over in r/woodworking. • 1 oz bottle easily makes 55-75 ounces of alcohol based vibrant stain dye. And of course you could do a test, spray a piece of white binding and see how it looks. I'm looking for a clear clear coat. Keda Alcohol Dye Colors Wood Stain Dyes That Creates Vibrant Wood Coloring. I used black keda dye on a maple top. If shellac is over a year old in its dissolved form (some say even 6 months) it won't harden properly and therefore could screw up finishes you put on top. If you wanna see my results with this then check out my post history but here is what the black looks like on maple right after drying and after being sanded down, Also if you wanna see how the black will look with lacquer over it, rub in a thin coat of boiled linseed oil and it’ll look finished for a minute or two before it seeps in. PDotson likes this. Keda Alcohol Dye Kit 1-3 Day Shipping Offers 5 Premium Wood Dye Colors NGR Stain. On both builds I sprayed shellac to seal in the dye. Rubbed in by hand? That is a total of five wood stain quarts (4730 mls) per each one of our wood dye colors kit which will easily make over 1 gallon of premium wood staining dye." ALWAYS try a finish out on a scrap piece first. Joined: Apr 15, 2013 Messages: 393 Likes Received: 365 Location: Dallas, TX. The trick is to spray very thin "mist" coats. Transtint probably starts out with very similar powdered dyes and then mixes them with water, alcohol, or other medium to make it liquid. Details & FREE Returns Wood dye from Keda Dyes can make 5 quarts of liquid dye stain, in 5 exotic wood dye colors per kit. of lacquer thinner, denatured alcohol, acetone, or other non-oil based reagent (start with 1/4th tsp and work up, these are very color potent alcohol dyes). BigDguitars on youtube has a couple videos on how to do a blackburst with liquid dyes. I highly recommend checking out Keda Dye for some great, inexpensive dye kits. Alcohol-soluble dyes are used primarily by people doing touch-up on furniture, and oil-soluble dyes are used primarily by manufacturers who add them to oil-based stains. will mix with water, but That is a total of five wood stain quarts (4730 mls) per each one of our wood dye colors kit which will easily make over 1 gallon of premium wood staining dye. • Wood dyes mix with reagents like: Lacquer Thinner, Alcohols, Acetone, etc. But I have no idea if I can put poly over that once it's on. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. Compared to alcohol-based dye that dries so quickly, the water-based mixture precludes lap marks, especially if you apply the dyes as I do. I tested on scrap first so I didn't ruin the finish on the guitar, thank goodness. These are the top-of-the-line alcohol base wood dye liquids. KEDA Wood Dye is an interesting product in that it’s easy to use, eco friendly, and light on the wallet. They used Colortone/Transtint instead of a powdered dye, and I kind of want to go in that direction now, though the dye is much more expensive (Keda was $6 shipped, can't find Transtint less than $30ish with shipping included. Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. If you already have the Keda dye powder, mix up some black and and try it out on a scrap piece. Einfache Anwendung: mit Gummigriff. A dye for perfect touch-ups Blend away a blemish. Keda Dye’s hybrid wood dyes are some of the finest wood stains available on the market today. Hey everyone. to 8 oz. Everyone swears by different brands but they're all very similar. It's not water-based so it shouldn't leech the dye. Shellac is alcohol-soluble (Not sure if you realize but so is the Keda dye), so even shellac will dissolve and life your dye. Brushing was not recommended for the first coat down as not to disturb the dye, so I went with a spray can. and will also tint water based sealers as well. In fact, this is the easiest way to separate and identify them: water-soluble powders and liquids. https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-Zinsser-408-Bulls-Shellac/dp/B0009X8HWG. If you already have the Keda dye powder, mix up some black and and try it out on a scrap piece. will mix with water, but is not as color potent as with solvent. This way you start to build up some shellac and seal in the dye without lifting the dye and making it run at all. Used Keda Wood Dye Powders Mixed dyes into 2 oz water Added 16 oz rubbing alcohol 2 tbsp Keda Stain Additive (still finalizing testing but worked awesome today - is going to be kinda difficult to describe this product well ) Brown: 1.50 grams Black: 1.00 grams Red: 1.00 grams Blue: 0.20 grams Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel! WHY you would use wood dye vs. wood stain? of our liquid dye to 6 oz. Keda Dyes never contain fillers, which may diminish the wood color potency, and allows for more wood dye stain to be made with a lower volume of POWDER wood dye. to 3/4th tsp. Here are the two builds I finished using Keda dyes and this method: https://www.flickr.com/photos/davegardner0/41810994662/in/album-72157690602812070/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/davegardner0/34776533215/in/album-72157681867101941/. Bildformat: 16:9, - Es kann ein kleiner Farbunterschied fällig sein auf den Monitor. 1 J S 7 B P O Z N S O L W C R Z L E I D (2) Packs NIVEA FOR MEN Sensitive Body Wash 16.9 oz Each Soap & Dye Alcohol Free. With a piece of glass as a palette, use an art- ist’s brush to blend a dab of shellac and an alcohol-soluble dye powder. From United States +C $15.78 shipping. After staining the whole thing black I sanded it down to try and get a zebra stripe pattern but up close it looked unfinished. What are my options here for a clear seal coat before moving onto poly? They are mixed with water or alcohol and can be added directly to many other waterbased or solvent finishes such as lacquer. Wood dye from Keda Dyes can make 5 quarts of liquid wood stain dye, in 5 exotic wood dye colors per kit. Shellac is alcohol-soluble (Not sure if you realize but so is the Keda dye), so even shellac will dissolve and life your dye. And I worry about how the amber will yellow the binding, which I already scraped clean. Unlike wood stain, which sits on the top of the wood surface, wood dye penetrates the wood and colors the wood from within. Sully Well-Known Member. Simply mix Keda liquid dye with non oil base reagent like: Denatured Alcohol, Wood Alcohol, Rubbing Alcohol, Lacquer Thinner, Acetone, Water (Liquid Dye will mix with water but works best as an alcohol dye) etc, mix well, let rest for 30 mins, mix well again, apply, let dry, (re-coat if desired) and seal with any type of wood sealer. Alcohol Dye Colors from Keda Dye is an excellent value and has a premium quality wood stain quality for coloring wood. Alcohol Dye Colors from Keda Dye is an excellent value and has a premium quality wood stain quality for coloring wood. That is an AWESOME finish, and pretty much what I'm going for in terms of color. https://wellermart.com/products/dewaxed-platina-shellac-flakes. For what it's worth I didn't detect any yellowing at all with the stuff, although I also don't have white binding on the bass. The problem is that even the clear stuff has a slight amber tinge... and I really like the color I've got going for the guitar so much that I'd like not to mess with it if at all possible. I ordered some Keda black (powder) after seeing some pretty great results (and it being so cheap, I figured why not? ALWAYS try a finish out on a scrap piece first. You can dissolve them in denatured alcohol or pure ethanol, and I recommend using a 1 lb cut in the preval (1/2 oz flakes and 4 oz alcohol). There's a lot of staining/dyeing experience over there, and they may be able to help as well. Keda Dye Liquid Dye Concentrates Keda liquid dyes will mix with reagents like: Lacquer Thinner, Alcohols, Acetone, etc. I really don't think you'll notice any amber color. 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