Ebonising

Ebonising is a process for darkening wood, giving it an appearance similar to ebony, hence the name.

It is particularly used for pianos and fine furniture.

Processes

One process uses iron dissolved in vinegar as the darkening agent. The ferric acetate thus formed reacts with the tannin in the wood.[1][2]

gollark: They probably run on anomalous physics somehow. SCP-5128 and all.
gollark: Maybe SRAs are the *real* SCP-2950.
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gollark: Some people say they're a Prometheus Labs product, others say they're some weird SCP where their inventor was wiped out by a temporal change but the SRAs kept existing, some say they were invented in the 1800s, some in the 1900s or early 2000s, and some say they run on enslaved reality benders.
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References
  1. http://www.fantasticwoodworking.com/ebonizing-bleaching-timber retrieved 7 December 2017
  2. Ebonizing Wood with Ferric Acetate


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