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Ebonizing Wood - The
Manufacturer and Builder, 10/1894
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To make woods, such as cherry,
mahogany, etc., look like ebony is often desirable. A
correspondent gives the following directions:
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To imitate black ebony, first wet
the wood with a solution of logwood and copperas, boiled
together, and laid on hot. For this purpose 2 ounces of
logwood chips, with 1 1/2 ounces of copperas, to a quart of
water, will be required.
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When the work has become dry, wet
the surface again with a mixture of vinegar and steel filings.
This mixture may be made by dissolving 2 ounces of steel filings
in one half-pint of vinegar.
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When the work has become dry
again, sand-paper down until quite smooth.
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Then oil and fill in with powdered
drop-black mixed in the filler.
Work to be ebonized should be smooth
and free from holes, etc. The work may receive a light coat of
quick-drying varnish, and should then be rubbed with
finely-pulverized pumice stone and linseed oil until very smooth.
