Tims ash ST-1 linseed oil finish (First Build)

[wokkaboy]

bummer Tim, pity its not on the back of the body or under the pickguard.
I'd do what Pablo suggested, dab a bit of stain on a cotton tip, getting the right colour will be hard but should hide the blemish enough. If you don't want to shell out for another dark tease kit I'd hit up the hardware for some Feast Watson stains, from memory you can get 50ml bottles for under $10. There are colour charts in the big green building that you should be able to match the colour pretty closely
Starting again will be too heart breaking to get this far after 2 re-starts !
Click on colour guide the oak should be pretty close and you can use whats left on your next build
http://www.feastwatson.com.au/consum...t-details/1520

[crundes]

Cheers Pablo, unfortunately I'm all out of Wudtone as I used it all after having sanded it back once already. I'm not sure that I would want to buy a whole new bottle just to try and patch it up. I'm also worried the colour may not be the same depth as the rest of the guitar and still be visibly different.

[crundes]

Thanks for the advice Wokka I'll check that out. When it comes down to it though if I'm unable to fix the blemish to my liking I'm quite happy to sand it back and start again, this has all been a huge learning experience for me so if I did start again I would experiment with different finishes again to try and learn some more techniques. I'm still having fun so I suppose that's all that matters :-)

[wokkaboy]

no worries Tim, you are very patient but yes we all learn (supposedly) from mistakes so next time it shouldn't happen. Good luck and let us know how the patch up works out

[Brendan]

May be worthwhile sending DB an email - he may have some dregs that he can scratch together - don't think you'll need much to patch that little area...

[WeirdBits]

If you've still got the empty Dark Tease bottle you could try adding a drop or two of shellite and rolling it around a bit... you may eek out just enough colour to dab onto the bare spot. Just a thought.

[Brendan]

Good idea Wokks! May get enough to fill the gap that way!

[crundes]

Thanks heaps for the advice guys. Unfortunately threw out the empty bottle thinking I would never need it again. I've applied some feast watson oak coloured stain and it matches pretty closely but I just don't think it's close enough. Still a visible patch there, although less prominent now. Am going to try a few more things to even it out before I resign myself to sanding it down but it's not looking too promising.

[wokkaboy]

Tim, can you please post a close up photo of the patch up area ? You have extremely high standards if you are going to sand it down and start from scratch !
What I'd do is see if DB can sell you a small portion of dark tease and sand back the area around the patchy area and give it 2 or 3 coats and try and blend with surrounding areas.

[crundes]

The beginnings of a back up plan........