Nice job.
Hey, how different are the Crimson cherry and crimson stains? I'm mulling over a project and wondering about using the cherry to accentuate the grain under the crimson, but on my monitor the crimson examples don't look very different, so I wonder how much effect I'd get and whether I'd be better using a small admixture of brown instead.
Last edited by JimC; 30-08-2020 at 06:00 PM.
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Hi,Originally Posted by JimC
Thank you for your feedback.
I have been messing around with Crimson Guitars range of products (see notes below). Explaining the process, well, after applying the grainfiller, I've used three coats of *SS black, sanding in between the coats. I left the kit for curing for 3 days (my work schedule wasn't making things easier as well).
Then, I've switched between *SS cherry red and *SS crimson red. I've applied 6 coats, and sanded in between the first 3 coats. The red achieved was very light, and my friend wanted something darker. Also I wanted to hide the flaws as best as humanly possible.
So, I've applied **SSS cherry red, let cure, then balanced with a slightly diluted **SSS crimson red. Repeated the process two more times... and at that point I've achieved the result on the pictures on 19-06-2020, 01:55 AM post. Proceeded then to apply the ***PO, 5 coats (first coat I soaked the wood, *****let cure for 5 mintes, removed the excess).
Same process when moving to ****HBO. After applying the second coat, 11-08-2020, 12:14 AM post, on the third I saw a technique used by Ben from Crimson Guitars where he applied the oil with wet and dry sandpaper, and it's purpose is to pop up the grain / colour applied. Well... I did that with 2000 grit... big mistake... the layer of finish I had wasn't "big" enough to support that technique and ended up with front and back completely scratched....
In desperation, I've mixed a tiny bit of slightly diluted *SSS crimson red and a bit of **SSS cherry red. Then I soaked the paper on that "solution" and applied on the opposite direction of the scratches. Let it dry a bit, and applied more until the scratches faded. Left it to dry, then started to apply thin layers of oil and on the fourth coat I've noticed another mistake, but, I think that mistake ended up not only fade away the scratches, but making the kit flaws almost a thing of the past. If you zoom in the pictures on 29-08-2020, 09:48 AM and 29-08-2020, 09:45 AM post, you can see some spots of heavy red dots that look like spilled blood. These oils (***PO and ****HBO) are fantastic because accept stains over it. I left it as it is, and continued to apply the ****HBO. At the moment I'm on the fifth coat.
My wife decided to publish all my work on Instagram and Facebook. I've said no, but, when I found out, was too late...
I leave here a link, where you can see on video how the guitar really looks....
Sorry for this long text. I hope this answers many questions.
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Notes:
*Crimson Guitars Stunning Stains -> SS
**Crimson Guitars Stunning Stains -> SSS
***Crimson Guitars Penetrating Oil -> PO
****Crimson Guitars High Build Oil -> HBO
***** This applies to both oils, after applying leave to cure/absorve for 5 minutes (dependeds on your weather conditions) and remove the excess
Last edited by rjmc; 31-08-2020 at 02:20 PM.
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