Ebonized Wood

By John McAlevey 76MayJune 1989 Issue.

Ebonized wood. Ebonizing Wood One way to make your woodworking stand out is to invest some time in learning new finishing techniques. When wood is correctly ebonized it becomes pitch black and. Then he applied a rich iron solution made by soaking rusty nails in water for a few weeks.

Ebonized wood can be created with a chemically reactive process or other means to color the wood black like ebony while still allowing the wood grain to show through. You already have on hand. John McAlevey ebonizes wood with a precipitate formed by mixing iron and vinegar.

Ebony is as expensive as it is beautiful but you can affordably duplicate its intense color at home. The result is an astonishing juxtaposition of a 100 black color with the nice visual warmth of beautiful wood grain texture. It makes me wonder if they used a vacuum chamber to get the solution to penetrate.

Black ash the reason is the bold grain of ash or red oak shows boldly and is defined when ebonized. Since this is a reactive finish it penetrates deeper into the wood than. Ebonizing Wood Home brew lets the grain glow through.

If you are not familiar with this term its basically staining wood a deep dark opaque black. Ebonizing wood is not the same thing as simply coloring wood with ebony stain. Thanks BlmJn for a good description of ebonizing wood.

I have been scouring the internet looking for the best and cheapest way to ebonize wood. The front door opens to a slender center hall entry that gives way to a reasonably roomy living room with ebonized wood floors a beamed. You can get a magnificent effect by making ash totally black also known as ebonizingThats because the wood has a large open grain much like red oak and you can make that texture show through while ebonizing the wood.