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Not this time Wokks, just wanted to put this up and acknowledge Weirdy for helping even though he didn't know it.
Yeah, the ebony really makes the grain stand out. When it's finished, you gonna take the iceman with you when you visit DB?
The colours were going to be dark blue at the bottom going to a green/turquoise/aqua at the top. Currently thinking maybe purple at the bottom and work out the rest from there.
This is where I'm up to with this one, no more updates tonight.
Grant
Hey Neverwas, I'm sorry you're having these glue stain issues. If it's any consolation, these photos really show the drastic consequences of the factory being sloppy with the glue. I'm going to forward your photos to the factory and advise them that this is what our builders are dealing with when the factory leaves glue on the body. Hopefully this will prompt them to take some appropriate action.
Hi Adam, please do forward these photos to them. If it brings about a change so no-one else gets a nasty surprise, it'll be worth it.
I guess it's more a workmanship issue rather than QC.
Before I applied the stain, gave it a wipe with a damp cloth and they didn't show up, only when the stain went on.
Thanks for the reply Adam.
Grant
Happy to have unknowingly helped.
So, after staining, sanding, steel woolling, spot sanding the lighter parts of the quilting a total of five times each, it got as good as I was going to get it. Then sanded with 400 all over (which was part of the original plan)
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Then applied a coat of blue all over
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The marks are still easily visible, so made up a purple to try and hide them, thought a darker colour would help.
After that didn't work, had to go for black to hopefully hide them for good (no pic of the purple, didn't stop to take one)
And this is where it ended up
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Colours go from black to purple to blue to greeny blue. The purple doesn't show too well in the pic but should be better after the clear goes on.
With all the extra sanding, etc, at the bottom edge, a small piece of veneer came away. I wanted to get the colours on before i worry about repairing it.
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If it can't be fixed neatly, might need to go for a faux binding to disguise it.
Finally, with the sealer on and unmasked to show the body colour as well. The black looks shinier than the rest but should even out when the clear goes on, I hope.
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And yes, I did cheat and used an airbrush to put the colours on.
Grant
holy cow Grant you nailed the colours and the burst on the quilt, looks excellent. This will be a beautiful axe as always !
You got me mega keen to hunt down some quilted maple veneers !
I bet when Ads sees the pics he will want to post them on Facebook !
Cheers for that Wokks. At first I thought the black spoiled the effect but it might grow on me.
Finding veneers that aren't overly expensive is a bit of a challenge. I have another build diary to start as I had a delivery of some veneers the other day (not quilted but still interesting).
Unreal! That fade is superb. Great colours.