Thread: Black Cat Bone
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Old 02-05-2013, 09:34 AM
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Thanks guys.

TJ, It?s a two step ?ebonizing? process, more like a patina than a pigmented die.

First, the bone is soaked in a tannic solution from pecans shells in water. The second step uses ?vinegaroon?, (steel wool dissolved in vinegar), brushed on and allowed to dry. The iron in the vinegaroon reacts with the tannin and turns black.


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