CFM chuck123wapati Posted January 17, 2020 CFM Report Posted January 17, 2020 are your burnishers contaminated with wax or something so when you first burnish you get the edge contaminted? I just used edge kote yesterday, burnished with water then applied with the wrong end of the brush a light coat then when dry very lightly burnished and buffed. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
CFM Hardrada Posted January 17, 2020 CFM Report Posted January 17, 2020 It's probably been suggested above (too lazy now to scroll up or turn to the previous page), but I never burnish with water prior to dyeing edges: it's my belief (maybe wrong, who knows) that by flattening the fibres the penetration of the dye is reduced. I've not gotten bad results so far dyeing with fuzzy fibres, so I'm sticking to my process. Quote
Members billybopp Posted January 17, 2020 Members Report Posted January 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Hardrada said: It's probably been suggested above (too lazy now to scroll up or turn to the previous page), but I never burnish with water prior to dyeing edges: it's my belief (maybe wrong, who knows) that by flattening the fibres the penetration of the dye is reduced. I've not gotten bad results so far dyeing with fuzzy fibres, so I'm sticking to my process. Burnishing before dying the edge does lessen dye penetration, but that's not necessarily a bad thing since un-burnished edges tend to absorb more than the grain does - sometimes to the point of bleeding through from behind to the grain a short distance, which doesn't look so good usually! - Bill Quote
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