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Hello,
Which method of dyeing maple veneer for rosette application do you suggest?
Are aniline dyes the best choice?
I have decided to dye the veneers as it is much cheaper than buying veneers which are already dyed. The money saved can be used for tonewood purchases.
After all; I am sure that the Spanish builders dyed their own.
How do you get it thoroughly soaked.
Also, does anyone have a good source for purchasing the dyes?
I have received the Schramm on line cd rom for the Rodriguez guitar
and the GAL plan for the same.
So, I am embarking
Sincerely,
Ronald

I would put this into the "more trouble than it's worth category". Dyed veneers are dyed under pressure to get the pigment to penetrate.

A pressure cooker might work, but I have never tried it. I have to replace the purflings on a guitar when I tried to dye some maple blue and sanded through the color in about three seconds.

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Oh No! Not another learning experience!

I boiled the veneer together with fabric dye and some salt added.

This came up a long time ago and I'm pretty sure the agreement was the best method was a pressure cooker of some sort.

My vote is with the "more trouble than its worth"

After you buy the dye and buy the veneer, set up some sort of boiling/cooking method.. If your time has any value your money ahead just buying it.. especially if your just making enough for one guitar.

Then again my inner problem solver/tinkerer says "make your own and tell me how it works out"

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