Re: need to oxidize some wood -- how?

[P van Rijckevorsel]

Alan W schreef

In order to deepen the purple on the jewelry box, especially the sides

as they are staying the brown vs. the violet I need for my decerning daughter (purple is cool dad).

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There are two stages:

1) to turn it purple 2) to keep it purple

The first stage involves exposure, the second stage shielding

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The general wisdom is the purple is faded by sunlight. I have a test

> in process to prove this to myself as a couple of proper websites > state the opposite is true. > > I also have pieces in the dark in the garage under high fan speed to > increase oxygen over the wood to see if this makes a difference. All > test pieces of pieces of tape over one section to more accurately > guage the change. > > Alan