fibeling dyes

[teevee]

how long do you wait after dying before buffing - let the dye dry overnight ? two hours?

thanks

teevee

[KurtHuhn]

Until it's dry.

Honestly, I couldn't tell you. When I'm ready to buff, my pipes are usually ready to be buffed. If pressed, I would say it might be 20 minutes from the time the last stain was applied.

[flix]

If I use a flame to dry the dye, it only takes 20 minutes. I then let it cool off before working. If you don't use a flame to dry, it might take a day to dry, in my experience this makes for better workability since it isn't wet at all. HTH!

[bbjpiber]

I read somewhere in this nice forum...some times ago..that you can heat up the pipe before staining, and have 2 advantages: better and deeper penetration to the wood and faster drying.
Since then I have been heating up my pipes before staining - just using a heatgun to make it properly warm (that is enough to almost burn your fingers when touching it - but not so warm, it makes the wood crack) between the stainings. My experience is, that there is no harm done in starting buffing, when the pipe has cooled down.

[Sawdust]

I've tried both letting the dye air dry and burning it off. When I burn it off, it will be dry as soon as the flame goes out but it leaves a film that is more difficult to sand out. Would cutting the dye with alchohol help reduce the film?

[Bahnzo]

I've tried both letting the dye air dry and burning it off. When I burn it off, it will be dry as soon as the flame goes out but it leaves a film that is more difficult to sand out. Would cutting the dye with alchohol help reduce the film?

From what I've read, it's the burning that leaves a greenish tint. You'd only dilute the dye by adding alcohol.

[KurtHuhn]

Depending on the stain, and how heavy you apply it, it could leave that film when burned off. That's why I don't tend to burn it off on rusticated/blasted pipes, or for the final staining.

[Sawdust]

Great, thank you. I'll just let it air dry when I get into the finer grits.

Jim