Veracity of the
month...
— every so often this page will highlight a
truly unique
"Special Edition" Veracity project...
 November # 1
Joe Muratori wanted a pair of HT3's (and an HTC center
channel) done in black for home theater purposes.
The Story
Rather than black satin lacquer, normally used for black
speakers, I suggested using a highly figured veneer and dying it black.
After some give and take, we settled on Japanese Tamo
Ash, a veneer with a "peanut shell" type figuring pattern.
As I played with dyes, I came across some aniline dye I
had lying around. It was called "pearl grey." I don't know exactly why I bought
it in the first place, but thought it would be nice to shoot some samples of
that as well.
Dye Job
We settled on a 50% solution of pearl grey dye. But as I
shot it, I gave a few extra coats to the cabinet edges. Thus, they fade from a
very dark grey (almost black) to a medium grey in the panel centers. This is a
technique used often in guitar finishing.
What's next?
Another experiment in aniline dye.
archives
Here are links to past Veracity of the Month
projects:
August, 2003
September, 2003
October, 2003
November, 2003
April, 2004
May, 2004
July, 2004
August, 2004
September, 2004
October, 2004
November, 2004
February, 2005
March, 2005
April, 2005
May, 2005
June, 2005
July, 2005
July, 2005 - #
2
August, 2005 - #
1
August, 2005 - #
2
September, 2005 - #
1
September, 2005 - #
2
October, 2005 - #
1
October, 2005 - #
2
what's next?
A very special pair of maple HT3's colored with analine
dye.
Stay tuned...
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