r/turning • u/RedWoodworking16 • 1d ago

Question about dying curly maple

I have a customer that wants me to make a small rain stick made out of curly maple but wants me to make the maple as light as possible, and if possible make it an ivory color. What could I use to dye the curly maple to make it as white as possible?

If it was ANY OTHER COLOR I’d know how to do it but turning it white/ivory will be a first for me.

Ideas?

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u/TerenceMulvaney 1d ago

Use an A/B wood bleach. It will do exactly what you said you wanted.

https://ebay.io/m/9c1fk7

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u/RedWoodworking16 1d ago

Shit. Why didn’t I think of this? I’ve used two part wood bleach a ton to lighten the color of woods!

Here’s some curly maple after I bleached it lol.

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u/RedWoodworking16 1d ago

This was before

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u/GettingLow1 1d ago

For white washing when it was a trend, I thinned white acrylic paint with water and wiped it down after applying.

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u/apg7 1d ago

Rubio Monocoat White will help I bet too