Hi Mario,Originally Posted by ihasmario
If you are wondering how it turned out like it did, I can tell you that it was a combination of not enough knowledge, bad workmanship and an incredible amount of blind good luck.
Not Enough Knowledge:
Probably chose the wrong veneer. I wanted a light blue guitar and I think the veneer I chose was too dark to give me that finish.
To keep the colour as light as possible I only used one coat of blue dye which gave me the colour concentration I wanted, but I guess that the natural colour of the veneer soaked through the dye and turned it an uneven blotchy browny/bluey/green colour. I think that a second coat of dye would have held the colour better but that would have given me a dark blue colour, which I was not after. By contrast the back of the guitar being a light basswood took the dye perfectly to give me the actual colour I originally wanted.
Bad Workmanship:
I had problems gluing the veneer to the body. That caused a gap in the two pieces of veneer. My efforts to try and draw the pieces together resulted in a few tears in the veneer.
The veneer bubbled (blistered) because of my bad gluing technique
After applying 4 coats of Poly I accidentally sanded through them in places and into the stain giving the uneven faded “stone washed” appearance.
Blind Good Luck: (and pig headedness)
That it has ended up looking like it does.
When it was all going wrong a sensible person would have given up on this one, it really was looking that bad. But I had put so much time and effort into it and I was too stubborn to give in and wanted to see how it would turn out. So I kept going.
I would still like to do a light blue/black burst sometime, and although nothing like I had originally planned I wouldn’t change this one for quids.
cheers mate
rob
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