Red Dye By Keda Dye - (25)Grams of Red Wood Dye - Makes 5 Dye Stain Quarts

You can't tell by pictures over the internet what the exact colour of any purchased item will ever actually be. Just Google "Jimmy Page double neck guitar" and you'll see dozens of images, all with different hues of red, yet claiming to be the same guitar! When I received this dye and made up a batch, I was pleased with the vividness of the colour. It was more saturated than I had hoped. I would compare it to a Mazda 3 red. It arrived on time, in good condition, easy to use but where rubber gloves! If you get any on you then you won't wash it out any time soon!

This stuff is strong!!

Firstly, I used this (red) mixed with blue to make purple (for electric guitar body). It worked great (with an undercoat of black to really deepen the purple). I have not used it for just a straight red, but would expect to have to blend it to get a specific tone (I generally prefer alizarin crimson (dark red)). These are limited color palette dyes, so to get a particular shade, you'll have to consider the type of surface (and color), how to build up different colored layers to affect color tone, and learn how to blend from the available colors. From the five colors available, with blending, should meet most of the colors people will want to use. Although wood is not a bleached white canvas, so expect variation.

Worked great on my bamboo block. I had to fine tune with mixing. And I found what worked best was equal parts of water and isopropyl alcohol and mixing the powder in to what richness you need it to be. Worked great!

For ages I've always wanted to find a 'non-traditional' wood dye that offered more than your basic 'wood tones'. After doing a little research I came across Keda Wood Dyes and ordered the yellow & red to try on a long awaited project I had wanted to start and the blue dye for some future projects. I had obtained some very damaged military crates and I wanted to refurbish them in order to make an entertainment stand for my TV and gaming consoles. I wanted to try finishing one as a 'test' to see if it would be worth continuing with the others and I was more than satisfied with the results. After sanding the surfaces I used the Keda Yellow on the inside of first crate and the Keda Red on the outsides. I finished them up with some satin gloss polyurethane and the final outcome was beyond my expectations. Very easy to use (I added two tablespoons of denatured alcohol, warm water, and 1/8 teaspoon of dye powder mixed in an 8 oz. mason jar). From there I added about three to four coats on each surface and let them dry between applications. Keep in mind, using painter's tape was a must in order to keep the dye colors from blending into one another (it's honestly like painting with Kool-Aid), but it made all the difference. I've added some photos of the crate from start to finish just for reference. Amazing product - can't wait to try the blue dye soon!