Ok, so after a few days of filling and sanding and more sanding, I got to the point of applying the dye.
Here's some mixes I made up with the green and blue pots:
1 - Plain green, diluted 3:1
2 - Green and blue 2:1, diluted 3:1
3 - 1 with 2 second coat
4 - 2 with 2 second coat
5 - Green and blue 1:1, diluted 3:1
6 - 5 with 5 second coat
So I decided to go with number 5, green and blue 1:1 diluted 3:1. Applied with a rag.
So here's the result of one coat (sorta) on the back of the body:
It's still wet in this photo, but looks rather patchy. The biggest problem was as soon as I touched the body with the rag, I could feel it pulling the grain up, felt bad, really bad. So I had to try do it in such a way as to try to minimise the grain being pulled up. Didn't have too much luck.
And it seems if you go over it just a bit, it immediately gets darker where you previously applied and overlap with where you're currently applying. So I was also trying to minimise that effect.
So not real happy with it as this point. Just checked it again, it has been about an hour, so it's reasonably dry. Still looks like shit. Damn. Lots of grain raised I prepped how the guide said - sanded up to 400, wet it with a sponge in water, which didn't raise too much, sanded it down again with 320 and 400.
I need to come up with a better way of applying it.
I prepped how the guide said - sanded up to 400, wet it with a sponge in water, which didn't raise too much, sanded it down again with 320 and 400.
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