Raven's first build - JMA-1

[Raven]

Hi Wazkelly,
Any suggestions on best TimberMate colour to match the natural Ash grain colouring ?
(Further to your earlier/previous suggestion I tried some Ebony Timber Mate on a sample piece of Ash timber and found it yielded a blue-black tinge. This might have been okay under a tinted finish but I'm now looking to use DT Nullarbor Ochre - pale red-brown with satin finish.)

[wazkelly]

Hi Wazkelly,
Any suggestions on best TimberMate colour to match the natural Ash grain colouring ?
(Further to your earlier/previous suggestion I tried some Ebony Timber Mate on a sample piece of Ash timber and found it yielded a blue-black tinge. This might have been okay under a tinted finish but I'm now looking to use DT Nullarbor Ochre - pale red-brown with satin finish.)

Hi Raven, suggest looking on http://www.timbermate.com.au/product...od+Filler.aspx
This provides a rough colour chart that could be useful.
It all depends on how pronounced you want the grain to be under the final stain colour. A lot of people use Ebony as that highlights the grain in an almost black shade and can look quite good if the dark contrast works. Not so good if dark stain on dark filler.
Another thought is to use Natural TM and add some of the stain colour when mixing down into a slurry as that will then grain fill in the same shade but may hide any sexy grain patterns.
An idea i was considering for a future build was natural or white under a dark stain to achieve a reverse grain pop or zebra effect. A bit like a black & white photo negative look.
Plenty of possibilities and comes down to how much you want to highlight the grain.
Cheers, Waz

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