Things are not that easy.
Ed is right, however it is possible to dye the string just after polishing,
and this is what the stringmakers that make harp strings usually do.
This is done using a double component coloured varnish and using a sponge. Of
course, in this case you obtain a varnished string.
It is possible to do the same job on a unvarnished gut string it using an
alcool soluble pigment and a few of cotton.
Then put on the string a bit of almond oil when the string is well dried
Ciao
Mimmo
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Da: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> Per conto di Gamut
Music
Inviato: mercoledì 30 maggio 2018 16:28
A: Ed Durbrow <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp>
Cc: lute list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Oggetto: [LUTE] Re: dying strings
Hi Ed,
At Gamut strings, we sometimes dye them, but we do this when the gut is
wet, before the string is twisted and constructed. After the string
is twisted, dry and ready to be used, we do not color our strings
because we would have to soak them to make them wet again, and this
would probably destroy the string, we do not know.
We would be interested to know if anyone knows how to successfully dye
a gut string already constructed.
Best,
Ed Martin
Gamut Music
Customer Support
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:13 PM, Ed Durbrow
<[1]edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp> wrote:
Has anyone found a way that worked for them to dye gut strings? I
have used a magic marker but it wears off.
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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