Homebrew natural wood stains #2: tea and iron acetate, aka ebonizing wood with vinegar
‘sup all, Mads threw the bait and I just couldn’t resist the urge to chew it up.Since I saw quite a bit of alchemy around this stuff on the web, with very interesting experiments but without the scientific background, I thought I would cover that part here, not to kill the magic, but to help those who want to try it know what happens and how to get accurate results and avoid the frustration of uneducated experiments. We’re dealing with an acid here, and it happens that...