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[Vikefan]

How does one make homemade walnut stain used for leatherwork?

Vikefan

[Ladykahu]

If you do some searching on the forum for 'walnut' there are a few posts already in existance with recipes

Natalie

[katsass]

How does one make homemade walnut stain used for leatherwork?

Vikefan

What I have done is cook down a LOT of the green hull (over the unripe shell) in water. It smells almost like a fruit being boiled for jam. It takes quite a bit ......5 pounds of hulls or so, but it does make a nice water based stain. I'm thinking of working in some crushed walnut hull to darken the stuff even more. I may just sit some of that out in a jar of water (like making 'sun tea') and see what happens. Mike