Brought in the new year with a burst - Coolangatta Gold, Outback Sunset and Black Stump.
I'm pretty happy with it for a first attempt. As with the pine, the CG and OS blended well but I had trouble blending the black. I suspect it might be because I've been going from lightest to darkest. I didn't go right to the edges with the OS, but when I applied the black it would just sit on top of areas of existing stain and wipe away. I think next time I'll start with the darker colour and see how that goes.
What worked better than expected was the way the DT burst blended with the grain of the wood. In the first post of this thread there's a pic of some black marks on the outer edge of the body. The original idea was to cover these up with Black Stump, however in the end they've blended from the BS into the OS creating a really cool burnt look.
Another observation was that blending colours worked better doing small sections at a time. It seems obvious now, but doing large sections of one colour at a time meant that the stain had a chance to dry and it was harder to get a good transition between colours.
I'll apply another stain coat once it has dried - there's some patchy spots in the black around the edges which I'm guessing is due to sanding (or lack thereof).
I'm wondering if I should hit patchy black areas with OS (as the OS seems to take to everything) to continue the burnt relic look around the edges.
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