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Spalted maple top and dye
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Author:  Conor_Searl [ Fri May 05, 2023 12:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Spalted maple top and dye
I'd like to dye this top a burgundy color, but if it's possible I'd like to leave the spalted part a natural color. Is there a way to do this? Could I carefully paint shellac over the spalted parts? Will the black line prevent dye from leaching into the spalted parts?
Author:  Chris Pile [ Fri May 05, 2023 12:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
The black line is the spalt. It's mildewed wood, essentially.
Author:  meddlingfool [ Fri May 05, 2023 1:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
I wonder if you could cover it with frisket and then carefully exacto along the spalt lines?
Author:  DennisK [ Fri May 05, 2023 1:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
Test on scrap.
Author:  doncaparker [ Fri May 05, 2023 1:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
Tangent: It's a darn shame you will be covering up that section in the middle with a fingerboard extension.
Author:  Conor_Searl [ Fri May 05, 2023 4:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
DennisK wrote:
Test on scrap.


yeah :| I was just hoping for a shortcut.
Author:  Conor_Searl [ Fri May 05, 2023 4:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
meddlingfool wrote:
I wonder if you could cover it with frisket and then carefully exacto along the spalt lines?


Good idea. I'll try it on my scrap tests. :D
Author:  Conor_Searl [ Fri May 05, 2023 4:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Spalted maple top and dye
doncaparker wrote:
Tangent: It's a darn shame you will be covering up that section in the middle with a fingerboard extension.


Yeah, it looks cool for sure. But that I have that wood at all was incidental. I wanted a piece of Maple for the top of an experiment, and those pieces were the cheapest maple cap available when I bought the mahogany blank underneath.
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