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Re: Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:16 am
by Jason Rodgers
Randolph Rhett wrote:If you are going to rub a dye on bare wood I highly recommends the series of YouTube videos by BigDGuitars. He gets truly amazing results. FWIW, I have done a few on curly maple including necks and not had any problems with the dreaded "blotching" everyone talks about.
This guy really dives right into some serious color combinations with the Fiebings and Angelus leather dyes. Thanks for that vid tip, Randolph.
Re: Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:02 pm
by Eric Baack
I had good results with the LMII water based aniline dye. That was on a veneer though so no end grain effect so much.
Re: Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:23 pm
by David King
My stained finishes always look like crap to me and most of the others I see look pretty bad too. Sealing the wood first with a lacquer based sanding sealer and wiping the stain on over that might be worth a try. Again you need a super-smooth surface for even staining but then you're bound to get adhesion problems. I'll do anything to avoid staining a nice looking piece of wood.