I had the idea of adding a splash of color when making wooden ribbons by applying a dye.

 

So I have it a whirl. I used two different kinds of cedar. These are 1 and 3 below. I'm not sure exactly what kind but they are different. 

 

 

Using cedar 1 above, it was dipped into a jar of Iron Acetate. This is the result as shown in 2 below.

 

 

Next you see cedar 3 (the second kind of cedar) below

 

 

It was dipped into the same jar of Iron Acetate. This is the result as shown in 4 below

 

 

Then I took another ribbon of cedar 3 and dipped it into a Tumeric bath as shown in 5 below

 

 

As a side test I took a ribbon of Pine and dipped it into the Tumeric bath as seen in 6 below

 

 

The results are all encouraging for applying dyed colors to wooden ribbons.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Feel free to comment, ask questions and thumbs up if you like it!

Cheers!
MrRick

Edited November 26, 2025Nov 26 by MrRick

Sweet!

47 minutes ago, lew said:

Sweet!

Glad you like it lew! 

That's a great idea Rick. Those are really cool.

33 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

That's a great idea Rick. Those are really cool.

 

Thanks Grandpadave52! They are really nice to dress up that special Christmas gift (like for your sweetie)