Wine Red Finish?

[fender3x]

Helpful thoughts. May try Keda....

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[fender3x]

I wouldn't mind paying so much for stain, if I were sure about the outcome. I have mixed up a bunch of colors using cheap acrylic paints, none of which passed muster, particularly with my wife/unpaid fashion consultant. I am pretty sure that if I lived in Australia I'd have bought a Dingotone kit by now, but since Dingotone does not fly or swim, I am SOL on that score.

So... I made one more trip to the craft store. I bought four more shades of reddish acrylic craft paint. Tried all four on my last scrap of maple plywood (actually a router template for another project...and bingo! One of them actually looked good! It took 8-10 tries, and seven little bottles of craft paint, but since all the bottles were under $1 apiece, even the errors did not break the bank.



When I finally got the one that my wife liked best, I stained the other side with it, and the result is above. There's glue and endgrain from a little piece that is laminated to the right side of the template, but rest came out nicely, I think. Grain shows through nicely, and it's a lovely burgundy color.

To get it, I mixed one part acrylic craft paint to two parts water, then rubbed it on doing my best to channel DB on youtube. I am sure there are better ways to do this, but I am actually pretty happy with how it came out. Will see how it looks with a topcoat. For anybody who wants to try this, if you can't read the bottle, it's Anita's All Purpose Acrylic Craft Paint, and the color is "11039 Wine."

[fender3x]

Only 8 months later, I am ready to color the beast. I am really nervous about this. The good news is that my test piece is the same color now as it was when I took this pic. I tru-oiled it, and it still looks good. The bad news is that I am nervous about doing the guitar... Wish me luck!

[stan]

i've had good luck with artists inks, and others have used analine leather dyes to good effect, some more options for you

[Andy40]

Its all in the consumption while testing fender3X.....

This was my R&D with Karijini Red....Its a shame you can't get it over there yet...

[stan]

rub red wine into it...

[wazkelly]

rub red wine into it...

Tempting thought but would it be colour fast? Could only use cheap stuff as you wouldn't want to waste a good drop of Red on some timber, or would you?

[Swanny]

If it gave a good result, it would be an investment! Here we have an LP-1 finished with a Chateau d'Cardboard Cabernet Merlot.

[fender3x]

At the speed I am going there will be plenty of time to see if the color is fast... Do wish k-red were avalable here tho.

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[Andy40]

Good luck. pretty cool colour. I might suggest next time, just fly over to OZ for a holiday get some DT and stain your guitar while you are here.