Quilted Highlights under Dingotone

[Andy40]

Hi Greg,

Subject to what DB says as he is an expert. When making the timbermate slurry you can mix the timbermate with the stain coat of KArajini red. Therefore, if you use a darker timbermate such as mahogany, the KArijini red will make it darker.

However,

Each stain coat you apply will always soak into the grain more than the ..."non grainy" bits and therefore will always be darker and somewhat pop the grain.

Zandit75's LP-1S is a perfect example by only using dingotone colourless it still brought out the grain and flame in the spalted cap..here it is when he got it .... http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5745&page=4

and here it is after the colourless Dingotone

http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...t=5745&page=14

I guess what i am saying is, you may achieve the results with just the stain and without trying to pop it...

[Zandit75]

Hi Greg,

Subject to what DB says as he is an expert. When making the timbermate slurry you can mix the timbermate with the stain coat of KArajini red. Therefore, if you use a darker timbermate such as mahogany, the KArijini red will make it darker.

However,

Each stain coat you apply will always soak into the grain more than the ..."non grainy" bits and therefore will always be darker and somewhat pop the grain.

Zandit75's LP-1S is a perfect example by only using dingotone colourless it still brought out the grain and flame in the spalted cap..here it is when he got it .... http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5745&page=4

and here it is after the colourless Dingotone

http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...t=5745&page=14

I guess what i am saying is, you may achieve the results with just the stain and without trying to pop it...

Thanks for the plug Andy!
Greg, my guitar has not been touched on the top by any grain filler. I sanded it very, very lightly to about 400 grit, and then applied the colourless stain. I only used one coat of the base stain, then 2 or three intensifier coats. I'm onto about the 4th top coat now.




I hope this helps in your decision making!

[GregLane]

Thanks Andy. I have read through Zandit75's diary and it sure is great job. I will be interested to see whether he needs to or is going fill the cap.

However I am still at a loss as to whether to/or when to and ifso how to fill the cap.

Your first option of mixing the timbermate with the Karijini stain sounds a bit messy, particularly if I needed a second coat. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Your second option which I would call the bog standard DT option I have considered and prepared to do. I was expecting that the cap would pop nicely just with DT but thought perhaps a bit of a boost of the grain might be helpful. However Dingobass has made no mention of filling in his videos either with Timbermate, wax or Tru-oil. The cap filling is what is causing me to go round and round in circles.

From memory you filled your LP at the Tru-Oil stage. If I go bog standard DT then I would do a wax finish, but Tru-Oil is a real option as in your case.