Greg's First Build - LP-1MQ #151

[wazkelly]

Looking good Greg.

Reckon start with the lighter more reddish colour as you can always darken but not so easy to go the other way plus the one on the right has much more brown than red tones and not sure that is what you wanted to achieve?

[GregLane]

Thanks Was

I am brightening a darker colour (Mahogany Red) with a lighter one (Cherry Red). And it does not take much CR to brighten the MR because there is already quite a bit of red in it. I was thinking of doing the wipe on/off coat in the MR based in the same principle that the quilt it generally popped with black or a darker colour the sanded (hopefully wiped) off. If the wipe off is not too successful and leaves to much MR there is a lot of margin to add more red to the subsequent coats.

The CT is mixed with metho and not water because of the previous veneer problems. So I don't know whether that will effect the wipe off. All part of the experience.