So, now that I have your attention. My soon to be 6 yr old son and soon to be 4 yr old daughter have become my assistants in the wood shop. Along with measuring everything they can find, cleaning up all the wood shavings, and beating stuff up with old hammers they took a liking to the various Millers Falls hand drills I've restored. My son loves drilling holes and my daughter has joined in. He said the No 1's were still too big so I bought a 303 and restored it and he loves it. I've since bought another for my daughter and I'm getting ready to work on it.
Being a little girl she obviously loves pink (much to my wife and I's dismay). So I thought I would do it up in pink. The gear wheel is easy enough, but I would like to do the handles in pink. I've used Lockwood water dyes with good luck on other restores/refurbishes, but I haven't used pink. I plan to try Lockwoods Pink Conc.
Has anyone used this or another light colored dye on handles? They can sometimes be difficult to get good color, so I'm not sure how the pink will work out. Any other thoughts on what else I could use. FYI, I'm stationed in southern Netherlands where it's next to impossible to find woodworking stuff. I have to order pretty much everything. I have a couple non-usable handles, but they are cocobolo, so probably not a good comparison to the "hardwood" on the 303.
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