Maiden69 Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Derek, that was your mistake. THe wood was not preped propertly and the areas of the grain that were not ready are the ones that look darker. You should haved sanded all the way to 320, damp the wood to raise the grain, sand again once dry with 320 (repeat until there is no grain raised after damping it. then start the stain. Do this on the next ones and you will see that the difference in the look of the stain is night and day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted June 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 will give that a try next time thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Do so, man you don't know how much grief would it have saved you. This is the method that David (Myka) gave me over PM. And it does a great difference in the finished product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Red's a pain in the butt colour to photograph, but using flash and indoor, non-natural lighting is going to make things worse. The last guitar I finished was done in red (tinted clearcoat, though) with a black stain base that was mostly sanded out, fairly evenly, giving it a slightly 'irregular' but not unpleasant look, I find. Highlighted the grain a bit in certain areas, less in others. I still don't have huge amounts of experience with colour finishes, mostly because I prefer to go all-natural, all the time (ooer) when possible. A few. This one's far, far too 'red': http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/guitarpics4..._finished02.jpg This is a tad dark: http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/guitarpics4..._finished01.jpg These two are about right, colour-wise, just one's (first one) in direct sunlight which gives it a bit too much reflectance (and I really should get smudge marks off before I take pictures of the instrument...): http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/guitarpics4..._finished04.jpg http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/guitarpics4..._finished03.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Wow, mattia. That guitar is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billet cutter Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 yeah mattia that is a sweet unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Hey mattia, I've been checking out your stuff on the MIMF for quite some time. It's good to see you here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 hey thread stealer, jk... welcome to the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Heh..thanks guys. I'm slowly getting to grips with the new (to me) forum software. Seems pretty intuitive, although at the rate I read/reply, the flood prevention's already annoying me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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