danny_v_l Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Hey Guys I was wonder if you knew were to get some terquoise (sp) Stain like blueish green, greenish blue, i'll try to find some pics of what i mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_v_l Posted October 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 like this http://mailboxmusic.zoovy.com/product/GTK_2FVBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_v_l Posted October 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 any one ?????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Woooh... blue again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Decide what kind of stain you want to use (water, alcohol, metallic, etc) Then buy yerself a container of blue and yellow. Custom-mix them yourself until you get your desired shade of turquoise. Start with a cup of blue and then add yellow to the blue in -very- small drops until you get where you want to be. You are drifting from blue to green (blue+yellow=green) and the turquoise is just a few very small steps from blue on the way to full-on green. Same thing for purple. Start with blue and add red in small doses until you get where you want to be... Start with your stains full strength to find the desired tone of turquoise first. Then, once you get the tone you want, start to dilute it down with the proper thinner (water for water-based stains, etc...) to get the SHADE you want. Sometimes full-strength is too strong and you want to tone it down to find the right shade of turquoise. For flamed/quilted woods, I recommend either water-based or metallic (metallic dilutes with water too) these stains bring out the figure more (in my opinion anyway) than alcohol-based stains, at least on bare wood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Here get the Water based Greenish Peacock Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 mix 1, 4 oz can of Minwax Polycrylic, 8oz Blue food coloring, 2 oz yellow (or 4 oz green..easier to find). That'll set ya, for pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 oi would black stain look good on woods such as maple, bubinga, walnut and mahogany? lets just say a mild black stain, not too black but black enough. or is black a waste of time? Page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Some people stain black then sand it down where it is bearly visable and restain a different color to give the figure a deeper look, other have been known to just have a transperent black finish like the Joe Perry Les Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Where o'where was that link from Scott R when I needed it? I have been mixing my own dyes all this time, and there it is..... Oh well...... At least it is available now. If you still want to mix your own dyes, go for it. I would suggest a color wheel to help. Guitar Ed Advice worth what you paid for it. Nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Where o'where was that link from Scott R when I needed it? I have been mixing my own dyes all this time, and there it is..... Oh well...... At least it is available now. I posted that link 3 months ago in another topic for someone. You must not have been watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 mix 1, 4 oz can of Minwax Polycrylic, 8oz Blue food coloring, 2 oz yellow (or 4 oz green..easier to find). That'll set ya, for pretty cheap. how well does this method work? And would it work to obtain a finish like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Here's my purple finish...done the same way. wipe on, sand out, wipe on sand out, wipe on, clear. Here's my site. If the above link crapped out, go there. Look in the photo gallery & More Photos section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Um how did this project turn out? And yes the food coloring trick works, but for some reason, I can"t see the pic you posted, YDoesGodMockMeSo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 How good is the durability of food color as a dye? What I mean is, with time and exposure will the food color not fade too much compared to off-the-shelf dyes? Minwax polycrylic is more "milky" than the fast-dry polyurethane; the latter is a bit slower to harden, but will give a truer color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 The fast dry is oil based. The food color is water based. The poly is simply a base. The color integrity is fine, as far as I can tell....really good for grain enhancement. I dont think fast dry is use ful in this instance. You wipe on, wipe off sand, repeat, wipe on, wipe off, clear. However a poly topcoat will severly fade the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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