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 I need a piece of wood...Dark purple...and Black.... with some figure for making a deer call to match a gun stock.....
Anyone know of where I can buy some?? I said I would ask around.
Dark purple that I could ebonize would be cool.

Her husband has this call...
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/MadroneBurlStainedtent.jpg)
And she wants one kinda like it only dark purple and Black.... Any ideas would help as I gotta try.... :stuart:

Ah man  :doh2: and I thought I was finally going to get to see a piece of Help Wood.

 :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Smart arse......I almost spit my pop....

Any ideas at all?

Wish I could help you Al. We just don't have the Help Wood trees around here we used to & when we did they were more of a teal than purple.  :roflmao: :roflmao:


Seriously,, ask Bill where he got the Purpleheart from. He should also have a pic of a set of calls on a lanyard that he gave away in a raffle a couple years ago. Seems to me somebody with a "lucky" pen won them.  :innocentwhistle:

The purple heart I am finding is straight grained......
I am wondering about a dye or stain....I have some real nice spalted maple and some spalted hickory .....Just aint sure how to turn it dark purple..... :confused: So it will stay that way...and I dont want to wait weeks for it to dry unless I have to.

Okee dokee. I found the thread after searching a bit.

http://finsandfur.net/forums/index.php?topic=3498.0

If you decide to use PH let me know & I'll go out & see what it looks like 2 years later.

Al,

All of the Purple Heart that I have seen, or actually handled, has been pretty straight grained.  Getting the tones that you want may be rather difficult in an unstained wood.  If you take some of your Maple Burl you can double dye it - first soak it in the dark purple stain, and then hit it for a shorter time with some black.  By leaving the first one soak in it should color all of the wood and then the second color will only have time to penetrate the softer wood.  I have tried some of the TransTint Dyes  http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2001718/2001718.aspx   and they work really well, but are also pretty pricy.  The good thing about them is that it only takes a small amount of dye so you have quite a bit left for the next batches.  You can also mix the colors together to get the tint that you want.  While not the colors that you are looking for, this is a sample of what the dyes can do.


Now, with that being said, I have also heard of people using Rit clothes dye on wood.  I have never tried it and don't know well it would work, but a package of Rit dye would be a lot cheaper.

Jerry

Thanks for the tips fellas......One more trip to woodcraft......then I am gonna try something....
Thanks again. That Rit Dye may be the ticket....someone should try it may as well be me. :eyebrow:

I haven't even gone to the store to check but the Rit would definitely be the least cost.  I don't know if you can mix Rit with Denatured Alcohol, but the TransTint you can.  It makes it a little quicker to be able to work since it evaporates quicker than the water that the wood absorbs.  I think your best bet would be to rough turn your call, dye, and finish turning.  That way if the dye has only penetrated say a quarter of an inch you won't turn through it.

You might also look into one of these  http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96414   it is a small jar vacuum and for $6 I thought I would give it a try.  I have one but have never tried it, but at least in theory it should help allow the dye to penetrate deeper into your blank.  I have tried the vacuum when used with my wife's food vacuum and it makes a significant difference - both in the absorption of they dye or hardener AND how your wife views you using her kitchen appliances. 

Jerry

Thanks Jerry........I am on it........I will post when done.

Quote from: Hawks Feather on August 21, 2009, 10:59:27 AM
  AND how your wife views you using her kitchen appliances. 

Jerry

Throw some nice clean ingerients in her blender for making coyote lure and see how she reacts :doh2: :puke: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

 :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Boiling skulls apparently is bad even out side the house too.........If you choose the right pot.... :biggrin: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Barry & Al,

I think I had better pass on both of your suggestions.

Jerry

Test piece of spalted hickory .....alcohol and Rit dye soaked for an hour....to morrow I will cut it 2 ways and see the penetration level of the dye.

(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/Testpurpledye.jpg)

Looks like that worked pretty good.  Tomorrow will be interesting.

Jerry

How bout getting some stablized wood, should be able to find some purple stuff. Pricey though.

I thought of that....But I am gonna try this first....I am learning a lot if nothing else....LOL

Quote from: alscalls on August 22, 2009, 02:40:09 PM
I am learning a lot if nothing else....LOL

Entered while looking at his purple hands. . . . ..

 :eyebrownod:  And Glue CA everywhere...... :roflmao: :roflmao:

The penetration is not what I expected but I think pre drilling and rough turning then a soak overnight will do pretty well.
I averaged almost a 1/16" in one hour.... :shck:  Only the purple is not as dark in the center as on the surface so I may just use it like stain.....

I would probably turn and sand it to 180 and then soak it overnight.  Then I would just need to sand (not real deep) to get it finished off.  If I needed it, I could use more of the stain for areas that are too light.

Jerry

Well its been a long process ....Two calls broke on the lathe, mad dog burls tried to help and sent me some wood from astrailia that was dark purple.... A BIG THANK YOU  to him for being so kind........yet when I turned it it just looked dark...could not see the purple at all so I went back a 4th time and this is it........

(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/purpleSpaltedHickory.jpg)

(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/purpleSpaltedHickory1.jpg)

Dyed spalted hickory....... :whew:

Purdy cool Al.

Looks pretty good Al, is the pic true to it's color?

Yes ,  it has a red wine look to it....as do most things in my shop now...... :laf: :laf:

QuoteI need a piece of wood...Dark purple...and Black

May I suggest Viagra  and a sledge hammer?   :roflmao:

canned praise

You can take it to the bank you ain't getting much if any "Canned Praise" here Al.  :wink:

 :sad3:

I dont know how I ever got along without ya..... :laf:

If its not the color or shade your looking for.........................whack it again.  :nono:

Stop that......its starting to hurt!!!  As you know I always do things your way..... :nono: :nono:

Good lookin call Al. 


John

Thanks John