Has anyone ever use Rit Dye on oak wood for lams and or riser?

Anyone???

No, I use dyes made for wood working when I used to dye my wood arrow shafts. What does the manufacturer say?

Idk. I was just wondering if it would work. And if anyone has ever done it before.

When Troy Breeding had Sticks and Feathers, I'm pretty sure he used RIT dye on his arrow shafts.

Murray

OK, just looked at their websites. Wood is not mentioned as something the dye will not work with. The site is not that helpful. Hopefully someone has tried the application you are wondering about. My concern would be glue compatibility when gluing up the bow.

M60 that was my concern also. Yes it will dye the wood but what would happen when the glue was on it....

Anything that is water solvable is also alcohol solvable, denatured alcohol that is.

Back in the very early 1980's I used Rit dye per instructions to crown dip some wood shafts. I was looking for colored stains at the time and Jerry Brumm of Great Northern bows fame saw those arrows and asked me how I did that. Told him and he told me about the water soluble is alcohol soluble thing. Then he also mentioned that Rit dye mixed in denatured alcohol would be a good way to color some wood he used in bow lake. Don't know if he actually did but I've crown dip would shafts ever since in Rit dye mixed with denatured alcohol with no compatibility problems from glue or finishes.

I make a lot of my dye with Rit and alcohol. I use it on my shafts and have never had a problem with lacquer or poly bonding to it. Certainly not the same as lams and glue but that's my experience with it.

Not sure you want to be soaking your lams in water before glue up. Just a thought. >>>------> Ken

You shouldn't have any immediate problems. Long term fading is the most common problem. I use aniline dyes, they aren't perfect for fading either but considering the lams are covered both in very heavy layers of epoxy glass and varnish, they work fine.

You shouldn't have any immediate problems. Long term fading is the most common problem. I use aniline dyes, they aren't perfect for fading either but considering the lams are covered in very heavy layers of epoxy glass and varnish, it works fine.

What Kelley said.

Rit dye works fine as a wood stain. Just like food coloring does. Just mix it with alcohol (and it can be regular household alcohol been there done that) instead of water.

If in doubt try it on a scrap or 2. That's the best method of discovery any way.

Thanks for the input fellers.

I've used it on bow limbs and arrow shafts...I mix it with denatured alcohol and have never had an issue.

On bow limbs, I've wiped it on and used an airbrush to apply prior to glue ups...never had a failure.

Happy hunting, Jason

Thanks Rigs.

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