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And doing the deep dive yesterday, I discovered many answers to my question on the internet. Looks like I need to order a few pieces of wood to practice on before I finish the new build. I will likely be staining with transtint or colortone pigments dissolved in alcohol, then topping with shellac. Q...

It Looks like the relevant search phrase is “hand rubbed sunburst finish.”

And I just found this thread: https://www.mimf.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=51051#p51051 with a great explanation (as always!) from Alan Carruth. Alan: you know an amazing amount of stuff, and you explain it so well! We should scoop up all of your wisdom scattered among god knows how many fora and crea...

Here’s a puzzler: there must have been a time (say in the 1930s or 40s) where burst finishes were done without spray equipment. How would this have been done? Varying alcohol dye strengths applied in overlapping applications? Or sanding back and re-applying? Or simply, have spray units (possibly han...