I need some help fairly quick.

Is there any way of colouring permanantly polished soapstone carvings.

I have a few carvings that look quite bland and need something to brighten them up,even a simple wash would do.

as long as it is permanant

Koicarp, Perhaps this will help,

The colored and incised designs are made by dying the stone with ink, paint, or shoe polish, then sealing the color with beeswax, and finally incising the surface, thereby allowing the light colored, natural stone to show through.


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Thanks JerseyTomater that looks good, i'll give those suggestions a try