Alkanet is a natural product so the final colour outcome is as they say in the lap of the gods. Though all is not lost the actual final colour is what it looks like when applied to the wood. Having a strong well coloured batch of red oil is a good thing because you can adjust the final colour by adding more oil to lighten things up. Wood finishing when you look past the two coats of Varnish and use the gun the next day, starts to become all muck and magic for want of better words, and can take a large chunk out of tour lifetime to realise that you have only scratched the surface a little.
