powder horn yellow aged look.

[nitade]

Does anyone out there know how to yellow a powder horn?I purchased a horn that is black and white and I would like to give it a more aged look.

 

[cowpoke1955]

Use old, wet tea bags. It will give the white portion a yellowish tint.

 

[soggy]

There are several ways you can do this. A lot of fellows on here use Rite dye to accomplish this effect. I use a soloution that I make from dried onion skins and apple cider vinegar, and as has already been said you can use tea bags.
just go slow so you don't get it too dark.........you can always add more colour, but it's difficult to lighten it up if you go too far.
Soggy
OPPPS!........looks like this post should be in the "Craftsman" thread........you're asking about "makin" not "using" a horn

 

[AeroncaTAL]

I use the powdered RIT dye. Try their sunshine yellow. You can tint it a bit by adding some (a pinch or two) of brown, black or red (which will give you a slight orange tint). I mostly use straight tan RIT powdered dye, as I like the color that comes out.
Scott

 

[Cutfingers]

I used leather dye and got great results.

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

Use the outer skins of onions ... really, I use them to give a rich yellow colour to porcupine quills to ... and they cost nothing! Peel some onions (which you will use in your diner, and put them in boiling water (just nearly boiling - no roaring boil) - leave it boiling for some time - actually the longer you boil it - the darker yellow your water will become. Put your horn into that and let simmer till you get the right colour... Good luck!

 

[dyemaker]

Maybe osage orange/hedgeapple/bois' d arc/bodock or whatever you call it would work out. The dust of the heartwood as a dye. Rit dye seems iffy. I tried onion skins on feathers for flytying and got a olive dun color. http://www.lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2523

There is a thread above in shooting accessories about yellow horns.

 

[dyemaker]

Cannot edit further so here is a recipe. You have to scroll down a bit.
http://cherokeenaturaldyes.blogspot.com/

look at the photo of dyed cane. It is a golden yellow tint. There are specific instructions.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_3ujqcIhU9uk/RYQsDfwAMjI/AAAAAAAAABs/75_iTpADPGQ/s1600-h/IMAG0002d.jpg

 

[rkmeyer]

I use OLD BONES horn & bone antiqueing formula.
It provides a very authentic result IMHO. Just dunk till the color is what you like, polish and get treckkin.
I got it at The Log Cabin Shoppe.
Dusty :wink:

 

[dyemaker]

The Osage Orange dust may yield a pale yellow color and will dye bone and horn. I wondered about this but confirmed it. May be worth a try.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Light yellow=onion skins boiled in water and then dip the horn in to color.

Darker yellow= Tea( Yellow/brown) :cursing: , spruce needles( yellow/orange ), and Rit Yellow Dyes :wink: for fabrics. Boil these to get the color, or "Hue", you desire, and then dip in the horn. Some get darker the longer you keep the horn in the solution. There are other plants used to get a Yellow color, and perhaps someone else can remember then. I am writing this off the top of my head, without going to my books.

I added the " smiles" to give you an idea of the color tones I am trying to describe.Unfortunately, there is nothing here that is close to the Light Yellow you get from Onion skins. Think of the color of maple.