OK I did not know where to put this question so I chose here. I am looking to stain toothpicks with various colors. Now you say that has got to be the easiest thing going. Not so fast. Have tried it using rit dye in alcohol and a water based dye. Nothing has been able to penetrate the entire toothpick. I want the colors to be vibrant right through because my project calls for viewing the end grains. Do I need to pretreat the toothpicks with something or is there a stronger more penetrating dye??? Thanks for your help. Thats right a toothpick. If I can get this to work I want to try chop sticks which is even thicker. ( I am in the process of looking for colored plastic toothpicks but am having a hard time finding them too.)

PS I hope one of the answers is not to place them in a vaccuum and try to pull the color through. Hope there is a better way.