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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Claude Boland on Mon Sep 5 12:28:20 2016
    On Thursday, May 9, 2002 at 4:47:27 PM UTC-4, Claude Boland wrote:
    Has anyone used potassium permanganate for staining new #3 pine?

    I can not get the antique wood color that I am looking for with the
    Minwax stains.


    CF Martin Guitars Nazareth, PA USa uses potassium permanganate to darken their mahogany necks on their guitars

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Claude Boland on Sat Feb 4 09:38:59 2017
    On Thursday, May 9, 2002 at 10:47:27 PM UTC+2, Claude Boland wrote:
    Has anyone used potassium permanganate for staining new #3 pine?

    I can not get the antique wood color that I am looking for with the
    Minwax stains.

    When I was young in the 50s and 60s, we used to roll back the rug in preparation for a dance. My father, a country doctor with a dispensary, used a potassium permanganate solution, a deep purple colour, to stain the bare boards. They came up a fine deep
    brown colour. (We then sprinkled french chalk of course).

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