I'm making a jewelry box for my daughter as a present and wish to make part of it out of "pink" wood. I've looked at lots of images of exotic pink woods but they are too expensive. Most of the wood in the box will be oak with a 3-5 inch "pink" wood strip the length of the top . It appears that Minwax offers a water based stain in several shades of pink in quart quantities. The wood is probably going to be hard maple for grain contrast to the oak. Has anyone used the water based Minwax stains for the non-traditional wood colors? Does it fade over time?
Any other suggestions for obtaining "pink" wood such as using fabric dyes or wood dyes, etc.?
My thought was to stain or dye the wood before edge glueing it to the oak.
Thanks,
Ralph