Staining with steel wool and vinegar #diy #woodworking #build #crafts

[MichaelSHartman]

Rust, oak galls, and vinegar is an old recipe for a permanent ink. The tannic acid of the oak is part of the chemical reaction. Woods like spruce may not work as well.

[creepyloner]

vinegar only reacts with iron oxide, so you need that steel wool to rust. add just enough vinegar to get the steel wool wet and let it sit without a lid so as much oxygen as possible can be absorbed from the air. once it's totally rusted you can add more vinegar to dissolve the rust.

[donovanhastie]

You have to rinse the wool in water or vinegar before soaking it or it will take weeks.

[charleslittler]

So glad I came across this. I have 2 black powder rifle kits to assemble and this would look amazing on the wood stock

[wathant]

How do you determine the ratio of vinegar to steel wool? How would I know how much to mix if I wanted to stain a large deck?

[russgardnon]

Definitely doing this. Does it only work on oak or all wood types?

[rickybobby]

Ima do this to my maple fretboard it doesn’t have a finish to it so it’s going to look like a ebony fretboard 😂

[johnburns]

I sont understand.
The first sample looks like pine (or a white hardwood) and the second sample looks like American Black walnut.

[CptHiker]

Does not work very well on pine but works like a charm on white oak.

[Wavy_Gravy]

I mean, just don't tighten the jar lid.

[ZOREDA]

The same thing happens with good leather.

[xtanagaming]

And now your project smells like pickles

[richardalfaro]

Just get a boar bristle brush why waste time doing this

[ponyboyjl]

This isn’t real. Your steel wool didn’t react. And that’s not what walnut does, it doesn’t have enough tannins to turn black