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I have a couple of questions
I am getting ready to dye my next batch of wood blocks. I have tried a couple of methods of drying them (on paper towels, on real towels...). All those methods result in one side (the side sitting down) having the color pulled out. I don't want to go back and re-dye one side as I have hundreds of blocks to do. How do you dry toys so the color ends up even?
On FB, someone is selling kiln dried hardwood-Oak, walnut, and one other I can't recall. He says they are clean, no chemicals, no preservative, no stain/polyurethane, just wood he buys and then sells the scraps. He said they are pretty dry and will crack easily. He is selling 40 pound boxes for $5-$8 dollars. Says most of his customer use the wood for making bird houses or for campfire kindling.
I did buy a box-most are perfect parrot sized, some would need to be cut in half/thirds. Does this sound like the type of wood that can be used? I believe I have mostly used pine and balsa/buy in bulk from Avian Antics (I think that is the shops name). I need to make toys for my bird/friends birds and the local rescue would like some for Macaws and Cockatoos (and others)
Thank you for recommendations
I am getting ready to dye my next batch of wood blocks. I have tried a couple of methods of drying them (on paper towels, on real towels...). All those methods result in one side (the side sitting down) having the color pulled out. I don't want to go back and re-dye one side as I have hundreds of blocks to do. How do you dry toys so the color ends up even?
On FB, someone is selling kiln dried hardwood-Oak, walnut, and one other I can't recall. He says they are clean, no chemicals, no preservative, no stain/polyurethane, just wood he buys and then sells the scraps. He said they are pretty dry and will crack easily. He is selling 40 pound boxes for $5-$8 dollars. Says most of his customer use the wood for making bird houses or for campfire kindling.
I did buy a box-most are perfect parrot sized, some would need to be cut in half/thirds. Does this sound like the type of wood that can be used? I believe I have mostly used pine and balsa/buy in bulk from Avian Antics (I think that is the shops name). I need to make toys for my bird/friends birds and the local rescue would like some for Macaws and Cockatoos (and others)
Thank you for recommendations
