Blue oak.

[Ben scott]

On 08/03/2021 at 19:16, Rough Hewn said:

 

Milled this a while back.

Fortunately didn’t find whatever catastrophe in waiting left the stain.

This is a mate of mines work.

 

 

how much iron was there to cause that much staining?

looks great though I've got s load of stained oak that ill have t use at some point

 

[Rough Hewn]

how much iron was there to cause that much staining?
looks great though I've got s load of stained oak that ill have t use at some point
 

Fortunately we never found any iron.
But there must have been a hell of a lot to produce that much blue.
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[gobbypunk]

Hi I have a bottle of White Vinegar that had iron fillings in it for a good few months sieved  out the fillings and now I can rub that on Oak and send it blue it needs a good wash after to get rid of the viniger smell but works really well .

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi I have a bottle of White Vinegar that had iron fillings in it for a good few months sieved  out the fillings and now I can rub that on Oak and send it blue it needs a good wash after to get rid of the viniger smell but works really well .

Clever 🤔 gonna try that. ( after i look up the chemistry) K

[Mark armstrong]

1 hour ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi I have a bottle of White Vinegar that had iron fillings in it for a good few months sieved  out the fillings and now I can rub that on Oak and send it blue it needs a good wash after to get rid of the viniger smell but works really well .

Good idea mate I have a stack of oak there that's got bits of blue in a think a will try that on a few of them and if it works do them all 

[trigger_andy]

Id never intentionally "blue" Oak. It would be a poor imitation and a surface only treatment to to try and recreate a deep and natural process thats taken potentially 50 plus years to create.  

 

If its stained then "great" turn a defect into a positive. To try and recreate that with  bottle of filings and vinegar? I'll leave that to others....