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QUESTION ABOUT CORK ?
Posted by: Nick Russo (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: March 04, 2010 10:28PM

Hi
Can you tell me if you can stain cork & is it advisable. Thanks in advance.

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Re: QUESTION ABOUT CORK ?
Posted by: Phil Erickson (---.dsl.sfldmi.sbcglobal.net)
Date: March 04, 2010 10:53PM

Cork is a closed cell structure and as such will not absorb the stain. You will some surface coloration that could soon wear off.

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Re: QUESTION ABOUT CORK ?
Posted by: Spencer Phipps (---.war.clearwire-wmx.net)
Date: March 05, 2010 12:36AM

You can get different colored burl cork, though it will be considerably heavier that stand cork rings.

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Re: QUESTION ABOUT CORK ?
Posted by: bill boettcher (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: March 05, 2010 10:18AM

After shaping and cleaning you can stain or color -- but you will have to seal the color in and this may make the handle slippery to you. Check out the other colored and exotic corks

Bill - willierods.com

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Re: QUESTION ABOUT CORK ?
Posted by: Gary Henderson (---.mco.bellsouth.net)
Date: March 05, 2010 10:59AM

Has anyone tried to dye cork by putting the cork and the dye in a pressure cooker? I'm sure it would take a while to dry before a cork sealer could be added, but it might work.
I have some cork rings that are pretty bad...I think I will give this a try with a few different dyes (all in the name of the advancement of science).

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Re: QUESTION ABOUT CORK ?
Posted by: sam fox (208.74.247.---)
Date: March 06, 2010 09:35AM

You can color it with a felt tip pen and it will take the color real well.

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