[Woodcarver] aniline dye and monochromatic

[Alex Bisso]

Hi Jan.  Analine dye is powdered, water-soluble dye.  I brought home a little bit of concentrate (powder mixed with water) from a class with Jeff Phares a couple of years ago.  One tablespoon of the concentrate in a half-cup of water makes the correct solution to apply.  Jeff recommended it for real pale basswood and I found that it really does enrich the color and grain.  I do not know the brand he had but the color used was "caramel".  More info. on the dye can be found at:
http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?search=aniline%20dye&go=13  (I do not know if this is the brand I used)

Monochromatic simply means one color.  Although it might be applied in different concentrations from very light to dark, only different shades of the same color are used when painting a piece rather than a number of different colors - like a black and white or sepia photo.

ALEX

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