Chuck, Your experience with transtint on ebony or whitewood sharps echos mine. However, I have used transtint in water very successfully in standard wood finishing dye mixes...excellent clarity with intense hues. As a true dye, Transtint actually changes the color of the wood. The other "dyes" like leather dye which work nicely on sharps (even on white wood sharps) are almost opaque and are only sitting on the surface of the wood . I think the problem in the sharps is that oil from fingers has just terminally permeated the wood, making it impervious to a true dye(even after chemically stripping). At least that my current take on this...I'd love to hear other opinions. Jim I -- Jim Ialeggio grandpianosolutions.com 978- 425-9026 Shirley, MA
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