My plan for the colours of this build have changed over time.
I am using mixes made from the U-Beaut range of water based timber dyes.
http://www.ubeaut.com.au/dye.html
The ORANGE...yes Wazza it is loud...... is made from mixing orange and yellow.
I covered the whole body with this to provide a base colour for the rest to float over.....bad words....but I hope you guys get the image.
I have left the majority of the raised section in the middle of the front of the body with the orange colour.
Then I used a mix of the Orange and Cedar colours around the outside and basically over the wings of the body.
Then finally a stripe/wipe/burst of the pure Cedar around the outside to complete the burst.
The two photos were taken straight after I had rubbed the dyes in...still wet.
I will do some more coats to deepen the colour and to even out and feather the edges of where the colours meet.
The ORANGE will peek through the darker colours and I hope it makes a good effect. I can't wait to see what Tru Oil does to the colours and the grain.
P.S. Much much much easier to work with the dyes at 240 grit sanded body....just saying to myself....duh.
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