OctoberBass RCA-4 First Build

[Fretworn]

You have some fairly figured wood, so it is highly likely that you will get a “worn green” effect where parts of the grain are quite green, and parts are still brown. Wudtone is a good product. The neck finish in particular comes up really well, but green and blue colours can be a bit hit and miss. DT is the same. It’s part of the nature of the beast. The trick with them though is you always have to do multiple colour coats, and you have to let the guitar rest between coats. The colours do tend to deepen over a week or so as they dry.

[OctoberBassRCA-4]

Thanks, I plan to follow through with the process on this test board, at least till I see some results I expected. I sure like their results on Swamp Ash, but maybe expecting too much. It's rather frustrating. As I do this, I feel like I'm using up product that should be used on the build. Better safe than sorry.
Any thoughts on setting the neck, and the glue seepage. Can I keep it clean if I don't set the neck till clear/top coating?

[wazkelly]

When setting the neck you can wipe off any excess seepage once clamped, therefore it should not present any glue challenges for final coats.

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[OctoberBassRCA-4]

After many attempts on this poor ash sample board (re-sanded many times), I got a result I like.
It looks really great despite what the picture shows, really green/blue at different angles.

My question to other finishers here, I used a mixture of Mixol #8 Green, #9 Blue and # 25 White mixed with Behlen's String Instrument Lacquer over grain fill stained, several coats of shellac and grain filler sanded to a smooth surface.
Once I committed to brushing it on, one foam brush wipe and The Angel's in Heaven went "AHHH!"

Then before it dried, I tried to correct some places, WRONG. (See lower portion of board).

So, if I brush it on with a foam brush, I believe the mixture tends to smear the Mixol in a beautiful way, but will I be able to continue without the overlap brush strokes ruining that one brushstroke beauty as the lacquer dries sooo quickly?
Would spraying it on get the same effect, I'm considering using some Reducer/retarder to slow the drying properties of the lacquer.
Any thoughts on this?

I know HOW to get the effect I want, now how to apply it correctly.
Once more, duplicate the process, try spraying, and see if I get positive results.

[Fretworn]

I can’t answer your questions, sorry, but I love the colour you’ve got there. Frankie will disagree, but that’s his loss.

[wazkelly]

Stunning colour and grain pattern

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[Simon Barden]

Spraying should work a lot better than the foam brush if the mixture dries quickly. It will be very much like spraying nitro, which also dries pretty quickly. You should be able to manage long steady passes with a spray gun.

[OctoberBassRCA-4]

Wazkelly. Just seen your postcard photos. Gorgeous! Can people immigrate to AU?

[FrankenWashie]

Wazkelly. Just seen your postcard photos. Gorgeous! Can people immigrate to AU?

I’d hold off on emigrating until after May. By then we might have an actual government and not a bad parody of The Muppet Show.

[OctoberBassRCA-4]

HA! Not ready to leave The States that soon.