Do I have to rinse the wood parts after I dye them?

[BirdyMomma]

Hey all, a question, if anyone knows.

I just dyed a bunch of wood beads with food dye and rubbing alcohol. They are 'marinating' right now. My question is, what do I need to do with them when I pull them out of the color?
Do I need to rinse them?
Bake them in the oven?
Leave them in the sun?
Anyone know?

 

[Terry57]

Good question! I will be watching to see as well

 

[hacatta]

i don´t rinse them ,what is the point if you rinse all the color away?
But i would like to know,i just dyed and baked 150 clothpins.
I bake them in the oven.

 

[triordan]

no you do not have to rinse or bake, just let them dry thoroughly~

 

[MomtoPercy]

I also bake them in the oven at 100 celcius for about 15 minutes and then I turn the oven off and let them cool in there. I'm sure just leaving them to dry would be fine too but I'm too impatient

I don't rinse them at all. I start with cleanly washed and dried wood so I don't see the point.

 

[BirdyMomma]

Thanks everybirdie!!!

 

[BeakFace]

What are you doing with rubbing alcohol?

 

[BirdyMomma]

You use rubbing alcohol with the dye, to make it set better. As it dries, the alcohol evaporates, and the dye is left behind in the wood. I just need to make sure it's fully dried and safe to give them.

 

[BeakFace]

Are you saying you mix alcohol in with the food coloring? If so how much? I color all the time with food coloring but never heard of putting that in there.

 

[BirdyMomma]

I used approximately 15 parts alcohol to one part dye. (the food color bottles are .25 oz. and I used a 1oz. shot glass to measure the alcohol....but not exactly, once I did it once, I just eyeballed it)

You can look it up on the Internet, that's howbi found out.

 

[hacatta]

Beakface someone put a nice tutorial here a few days ago,take a look.
http://www.parrotforums.com/do-yourself/40852-how-make-your-own-wood-dyes-tutorial.html