Vinegaroon and The Blue Rifle

[thecapgunkid]

If I could get the right color on this I'd post a picture.

Being a Cordwainer, I am a big fan of Vinegaroon.  Plop those iron discards in a little white vinegar, wait a couple of days, glop it on the shoes and it'll turn out even and charcoal every time.  I've really come to hate black dye.

Told you that part so I could tell you this.  Based on an earlier post where a couple of rifle whizz-Bang Guys were casually talking about brown vinegaroon, I get it in the head to try this on my Track-Of-The-Wolf stock I bought in this latest project.

Whiskering and washing with this stuff to add to bringing out the grain with some color, I am also counting on the dark base to add to the brown stain I am gonna use.

Told you that part so I could tell you this.  Inasmuch as TV is so bad, Anne and I have taken to watching Netflix  Midsomer Murder Mysteries as an alternative.  We blew through Doctor Blake and Father Brown Seasons long ago.  The Midsomers  are about an hour and a half long and I usually take to pulling my days work out of the unheated shop and putting it on the coffee table in front of us so I can size it up for the next stage of the project.

Told you that part so I could tell you this.  At the start of the show, when the first of four hapless blokes gets pinched, the vinegaroon settles in evenly.  I am getting all full of myself. About midway through the show, when all the dodgy punters start showing up, the color darkens. After the first hour or so, when we see the likeable chaps, the grouchy fellow who's gone sparky, the men and women engaging in the slap and a tickle, the Yobo's who also get pinched and the dashing chap who's the episode's Jack The Lad, the color starts to turn blue.

Told you that part so I could tell you this.  This batch was cider vinegar with filings from when I swamped the barrel.  The stock turned pale, baby blue.  Bloody $#*!.

If you are a pro or a senior member and you can tell me why, I shall approach the Queen and put you in for a BOE ( Benevolent Order of the Empire)

Cheers, and,

Don't shoot yore eye out, kid

The Capgun Kid
AKA The Still River Cordwainer

[PPatch]

Baby Blue, interesting. I would bet though that if you tested your sealer/finish in an inconspicuous area you would see the baby blue change somewhere between tan or brown. I assume you are working with maple. I suspect the color is the result of existing minerals in your wood. Could be too the length of time you allowed the vinegaroon to work, I once allowed an aqua fortis coating to sit overnight and it turned the stock a deep greenish blue. When I tested the finish it all went deep brown with just a hint of green. I too messed with that vinegaroon for a while but gave it up due to inconsistent results.

Give your finish a test.

dave

[thecapgunkid]

Thanks, Patch, but I did that before I engaged the vinegaroon.

In the nend, I got the tone of brown stain  I was looking for after whiskering down the vinegaroon and got a prolonged view of British culture and landscapes by watching all those BBC Mysteries.

[Ky-Flinter]

This batch was cider vinegar with filings from when I swamped the barrel. 

My guess is your barrel is made of some alloy of steel, not iron.  Alloys can do some odd things when making vinegaroon or aquafortis.

-Ron