Reply With QuoteHmmm, I don't know much about dymondwood, but perhaps they have product buildup on them?
Have you tried warm, soapy water and rubbing with a washcloth followed by oiling?
I'm sure someone with more experience can give you better answers.
Muddy Dymondwood
Has anyone else had problems with dymondwood sticks turning muddy? Both the photos are clickable. This first picture was taken June 25, last year.
And this was taken today
I realize there's flash in the first photo, and not in the second, but even given that, the colors have muddied. The two sticks in question are the two middle ones on the right hand side, framed by the Carnival and Raspberry Twist. They are now almost indistinguishable in color, but are, in fact, Tropical Purplewood, and Indigo Royalwood.
Is there something I can do to revive the colors? The other two sticks seem to have maintained their color.
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Hmmm, I don't know much about dymondwood, but perhaps they have product buildup on them?
Have you tried warm, soapy water and rubbing with a washcloth followed by oiling?
I'm sure someone with more experience can give you better answers.
On old-LHC there was a thread about how purples in dymondwood seem to fade to a greyish over time; perhaps there's a dye that is in both of those colors that happens to fade for whatever reason?
Hmm, you could be onto something there, hrimfaxi. I don't use any products on my hair that could cause buildup. I'm almost tempted to hit one with some very fine steel wool, or maybe a tack cloth.
I know there are some members here who work in dymondwood, and thought maybe they might have some ideas. I guess I could also contact Kevin and ask him.
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I was the one who posted that thread. I have several purplewood items and they all seem to fade over time into a brownish gray.Originally Posted by hrimfaxi
No one had a tried and true solution, but someone suggested to sand the stick and see if it was still purple inside. I gave it a try, since dymondwood is composed of layers of birch hardwood that have been injected with dye and laminated using extreme heat --so the color is not just on the outside layer. Well, it didn't work and now I have a single papadonh stick that's still ugly brown-gray and now rough from sandpaper too. Oh well, it was worth a try! I just wish I had learned about this sooner so I wouldn't have bought as many purple (not!) sticks and forks. My only mamacat fork is made of purplewood.
If you decide to buy more purple things you can slow down the color change by keeping them in the dark or covered with a hair stick sleeve. Though I'm not sure how effective this is... I'm still trying it to save my newest purple pieces myself.
It is not just solid purplewood that fades. Other dymondwood colors with a purple layer in them will fade just as bad (only the purple layer, it doesn't effect the other colors).
The indigo royalwood does fade but not nearly as bad. It is more of a slight darkening toward navy/black over time than a drastic change to icky brown/gray. You'll also find that yellow lemonwood (the light tan color) dulls over time, but again, not enough to ruin its look.. just not as bright. Most colors dull a little.
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I found the photo I posted with my purplewood toys
The one on the left was my newest, the rest had faded.
If anyone can find a cache page on google of my old thread I would be very appreciative! I looked and didn't see it. The title was something like purple dymondwood fading or dulling. Dymondwood was definitely in there, not sure about all the other words.
Unfortunately google has passed over anew on the domain, reindexing, and the old cache pages now seem to be gone and replaced with new ones from this new forum.
I can't tell very well over the internet of course, but the colour it changes to looks rather pretty to me. All the same I have avoided purple dymondwood, sadly, due to the fade issue.
I find it hard to believe the manufacturer of dymondwood doesn't find this problem unacceptable!
There are SO many manufacturers of dymondwood, I guess they are never hurt by these things. They sell.. so why bother.
Finally someone else has posted since me, now I don't feel like an idiot for replying again! I took some more photos of the fading.
First with purplewood the flat spirally papadonhs are newest (left uncovered), followed by the Graydog single with carved top (kept covered), rest are old. The weird looking papadonh (2nd from bottom) is the one I sanded.
Next with lemonwood darkening, then indigo royalwood darkening to navy/black.
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