Drak Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 hours ago, axegarden said: I've heard of the bleach trick but I haven't seen it used anywhere online, and once sanded the khaya isn't all that brown ( i mean it is brown but not so much that I can't work with it). And I'm all in on doing a blue-ish stain. I've seen several online, blue seems to be a favorite. Hmmm, I've been doing it for over 25 years and I'm online...I would never do a blue finish over Mahogany w/o bleaching it first. But I'm not going to push the issue, you do you, Boo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axegarden Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 15 hours ago, Drak said: Hmmm, I've been doing it for over 25 years and I'm online...I would never do a blue finish over Mahogany w/o bleaching it first. But I'm not going to push the issue, you do you, Boo! haha well now you got me thinking I can try to bleach one of my pieces of scrap khaya. what product would you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 I always use Klean Strip, but the thing to be aware of is the '2-part' part of it. There are others, and I would believe they're all probably the same thing. But what you're looking for specifically is a 2-part A/B bleach. Look for dual pints or quarts, you certainly don't need gallons. You can buy it online in various places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschobs Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 Pretty ironic to me that you are currently doing this project. I have a 1993 version of this exact guitar that is in really pretty good shape but I haven't really played it much in years. I never set it up properly back in the day. Just stuck a block in the floating bridge. I am definitely planning on doing some work to refresh this guitar and set it up properly, but was also thinking it might be cool to completely refinish it like you are doing. I'm very interested to follow this thread and see how it turns out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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