"well naturally" in British Columbia has a lot of madder's root. If you order today Mary will ship to you by the end of the week here in US.

I read on this post the other day that madder's root would not disolve spirit-based solvents or oil without heat, only water. I have 4 different types of alkanet root oil mixed up and aging roght now. I mixed another batch and substituted madder's root powder for the alkanet root. The color is much different than the alkanet and has an orange tint to it. It also never completely dissolves and the solids settle out even with a lot of agitation. It looks kinda like the water that separates off of ketchup.

I am going to mix up some in water and see how it looks. I don't want a water-based stain, but I do want to see what color I can get.

skunk out