One Of My Favorite Finishes

[kurotenshi]

Hi there, can somebody tellme where i can find a tutorial to make this finish?

the site says

# Finishes: Natural Satin Sanded Finish or Sanded Oil finish (coloured)

[fryovanni]

Looks like it is just died black and oil finished(nothing fancy).

[Tim37]

if you cant find a tutorial you might try this

use a sanding sponge and sand with the grain http://www.3mestore.com/70070588614.html

i used one once and wasn't happy didn't mean for that to happen it removed the softer grain much faster than the harder wood and left something that looked like that. i ended up having to use filler to fix it any way then like fryovanni black die and oil

hey try this on a scrap piece first and see if you get the desired effect. like i said i came up with th defined wood grain like that on accident.

[Prostheta]

+1 what Tim37 said, although I would perhaps recommend wire wool as it drags out softer grain a lot better than sanding pads. I'm not sure if Warwick sandblast those bodies, but that would perhaps be a little impractical for a home builder.

[SwedishLuthier]

I have tried both sand blasting and rotating wire brushes to get that surface. I wasn't really happy with either of the results. The surface was way to rough. But I was going for a drift wood look.

[Prostheta]

I guess it varies what will work from piece to piece - finding the balance between abrading all the wood and just the soft. I did this very well on some scrap ash I have, with 000 wire wool which was just about right to not gouge. 0000 would perhaps do the same job, albeit slower with softer transitions.

[kpcrash]

Is it just me - or would that finish look awesome with some highlights to make it simulate burning embers?

[Prostheta]

Probably. Big soft brush to dry brush on highlights?

[kpcrash]

Probably. Big soft brush to dry brush on highlights?

Yeah - that would be really nice - maybe an opaque yellow w/ trans red. Need some opaque white as well... hmmm... I'm smelling a new project.

[dpm99]

It looks like a test piece I'm working on. Black dye and about 4-5 coats of TruOil. You might try that. It's certainly easy - very hard to mess it up!

[kurotenshi]

thanks guys