This guy really dives right into some serious color combinations with the Fiebings and Angelus leather dyes. Thanks for that vid tip, Randolph.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.
Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
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Jason Rodgers
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Re: Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
-Ruining perfectly good wood, one day at a time.
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Eric Baack
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Re: Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
I had good results with the LMII water based aniline dye. That was on a veneer though so no end grain effect so much.
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David King
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Re: Need advice on using TransTint Dye on curly maple
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.