A few weeks back I posted something on using coffee and tea for
stain.
Earlier, I was in the shop and came across the piece I had used for
testing.
The coffee had 1 coat, 2, 3, and 4, with a coat of poly across each.
They all looked good, especially where the poly was. The coffee had
taken longer to dry than the tea. I ran a finger across the poly, good.
Then I happened to touch the 4 coat beside the poly. It was still
sticky. So was the 3 coat. The 1 and 2 were fine.
I'm not sure what they're like under the poy, but that's it for my
experimenting with coffee as a stain. The tea now, dried geat, dried
faster than the coffee, and looks almost as good. So, I'll be using
just tea for staining.
Yeah, I might get better stain from commercial stuff, but it could
get very expensive before I got one that'd give me the look I want,
while tea gives me just the look I wanted, it's a lot cheaper, I can
even replenish at any stop-n-rob, and it's invirermentelly (sic) safe.
I'm having a good time in a tent.
JOAT
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Joat-
for what it's worth, tea has a long history of being completely
accepted as a coloring agent for wood. it's a part of many recipies
for matching colors for the repair of antiques. generally the recipies
call for a strong batch- I assume stronger than you'd want to drink
it.
Bridger
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 01:40:59 -0500 (EST), [email protected] (T.)
wrote:
> A few weeks back I posted something on using coffee and tea for
>stain.
>
> Earlier, I was in the shop and came across the piece I had used for
>testing.
>
> The coffee had 1 coat, 2, 3, and 4, with a coat of poly across each.
>They all looked good, especially where the poly was. The coffee had
>taken longer to dry than the tea. I ran a finger across the poly, good.
>Then I happened to touch the 4 coat beside the poly. It was still
>sticky. So was the 3 coat. The 1 and 2 were fine.
> I'm not sure what they're like under the poy, but that's it for my
>experimenting with coffee as a stain. The tea now, dried geat, dried
>faster than the coffee, and looks almost as good. So, I'll be using
>just tea for staining.
>
> Yeah, I might get better stain from commercial stuff, but it could
>get very expensive before I got one that'd give me the look I want,
>while tea gives me just the look I wanted, it's a lot cheaper, I can
>even replenish at any stop-n-rob, and it's invirermentelly (sic) safe.
>
> I'm having a good time in a tent.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
> Joat-
> for what it's worth, tea has a long history of being completely
> accepted as a coloring agent for wood. it's a part of many recipies
> for matching colors for the repair of antiques. generally the recipies
> call for a strong batch- I assume stronger than you'd want to drink
> it.
> Bridger
>
Using tea as a stain is also the best answer to the proliferation of
gift baskets filled with otherwise undrinkable herbal concoctions. f'r
instance using all extra-strength brews-
- rose hip tea makes a brilliant blood-red color.
- chammomile brews to a yellow/pale green.
- ginger brews to a golden yellow.
vic