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Conor_Searl
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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?


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The black line is the spalt. It's mildewed wood, essentially.

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I wonder if you could cover it with frisket and then carefully exacto along the spalt lines?


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Test on scrap.
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Tangent: It's a darn shame you will be covering up that section in the middle with a fingerboard extension.
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DennisK wrote:
Test on scrap.


yeah :| I was just hoping for a shortcut.
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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
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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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