I like the wet colour of the photo I posted. Unfortunately when it has completely dried it came out quite a lot lighter. And the magenta completely disappeared. The colour didn't look bad..... but what I then noticed was a whole heap of scratches which I hadn't noticed previously.
I'd used a cheap detail sander to help sand off the previous stain and in the process it left some marks. I'd also sanded with some higher grade sand paper by hand but obviously not enough and the scratches weren't evident until the stain settled in them.
So off it all came again, by hand this time. It wasn't too bad as it left the grain slightly stained blue which I thought would be good anyway. I mostly left the edges.
Next, I did a light blue wash over the whole back, which I lightened in the centre further, leaving it darker around the edges. Next I did a diluted mahogany spirit based stain which I had slightly tinted blue to make it a bit more purple. This was done over the whole back including the edges. I then sanded the centre to lighten it up.
And finally finished with further blue around the edges and a touch of magenta in the centre.
I'm doing a water based PU clear on this one so it shouldn't darken. I think it looks pretty close to the violet blue burst on the S2 I posted previously.
Now for the front and sides.
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